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Pair of Ronson American Indian Canoing Bookends

Artist Unknown

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Title: Pair of Ronson American Indian Canoing Bookends
Artist: Artist Unknown
Medium: Copper lustre-finished surfaces of heavy grey metal plus application of green, burgundy and white coloration.
Size: 6 1/2" height X 6" length X 3" maximum width
Date of creation: Circa 1930
Condition: Good. Scuffed patina along lowermost ledge of canoe on both bookends. Skips in white coloration on both headdresses. Several areas of paint loss on headdress blue edges.
Provenance: Consigned by a Northern Californian who loved vintage bookends APF; Quick Inquiry Email Friend

About The Pair of Ronson American Indian Canoing Bookends

Adding these bookends to your book shelves is like introducing sculpture to your books.

The Art Metal Works began in 1886 by Louis V. Aronson. This company moved to Newark, New Jersey. According to Wikipedia, the company grew to produce "a variety of high quality lamps, book ends, statues and other decorative items, prized today for their detail in the collector marketplace."

Each of these bookends weighs 45.5 ounces.

About Artist Unknown

"Unknown artist" is appropriate when a work of art is unsigned and a supported opinion about who made it is not available (on Savvy Collector).. "Attributed to" precedes the name of an artist when information suggests that it likely was made by that artist (on Savvy Collector).

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