Cast Iron Art Nouveau Bookend with Super Folky Face 1926 donkey party enhancing the feeling of this

enhancing the feeling of this as its own little homestead

Slides measure 2 5/16" x 3/4" ea and all are in very good condition

short with magnification

thicker in some areas and thinner in others

poppy lark-spur and the like are accompanied by notes like "The insertion of the stamens into the calyx is a certain proof that the fruit produced by the flower containing them is good and wholesome

Cast Iron Art Nouveau Bookend with Super Folky Face 1926 donkey party enhancing the feeling of thisWhat I love about this old art nouveau bookend is the super folky (one might say homely) face on this a nude, completely endearing her to me even as it somewhat undermines her seductive pose. I don't believe this was intentional, but I think it makes this a marvelously human, empathetic thing. Love. 6" t x 4 1 4" w x 2 3 4" d and heavy. 1920s I believe, and in good condition, with loss to what I believe was a bronzed finish, all the good I think.