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Place of Origin: British
Antique Extending Book Slide, English, Novel Rest, Home Library, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming antique extending book slide. An English, rosewood novel rest, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Elegantly crafted with fine materials and tasteful fretw...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Folio Stand, Anglo Indian, Folding Book Rest, Desktop, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique folio stand. An Anglo-Indian folding book rest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Compact and distinctive fold...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Teak
Pair of Leather Bound Bookends with Sliding Plate and Velvet side
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bookends comprised of two ends that look like books. The pieces are not actually books, but look like leather bound books. Heavy and of good size, each end has a plate to side unde...
Category
20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Leather
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Extending Book Slide, English, Coromandel, Novel Rest, Regency, C.1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique extending book slide. An English, coromandel novel rest dating to the Regency period, circa 1830. A piece of both practical function and refined elegance, it is a ...
Category
1830s Regency Antique British Bookends
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Gothic Revival Book Slide, English Walnut, Extending Bookrest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Gothic revival book slide. An English, walnut and brass extending bookrest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Accentuate your reading corner or de...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Small Antique Elephant Bookends, Anglo Indian, Ebony, Victorian, C.1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of small antique elephant bookends. An Anglo-Indian, ebony and bone carved animal novel or book rest, dating to the late Victo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Bookends
Materials
Ebony
Pair of Antique Scottie Dog Bookends, English Beech, Book Rests, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a delightful pair of antique Scottie dog bookends. An English, figural book rest in beech, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Brim...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Beech
Antique Book Slide, English, Walnut, Extending, Novel Stand, Victorian, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book slide. An English, walnut extending novel stand, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fantastic Victorian bo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Walnut
A Wedgwood Jasperware Mounted Brass and Wooden Bookend and Inkwell
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely and very unusual expandable bookshelf, made of burled walnut with brass end plates featuring two Wedgwood Jasperware medallions....
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique British Bookends
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Betjemann
s Porcelain Coromandel Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns
Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian coromandel porcelain inset adjustable book slide, by Betjemann's, 19th century and circa 1870 in date.
It is made of stunnning coromandel and features a pair of oval gilt brass mounts enclosing porcelain reserves of seated cherubs, and it is wonderfully decorated with stupendous ormolu mounts decorated with rope detail.
This amazing book slide bears the engraved brass plaque.
FIELD late STOCKEN
53 Regent Street
It was made by the renowned maker of patented mechanisms, Betjemann's of Pentonville Road, London, and bears their engraved plaque name and patent number 5329.
It is a delightful object which will display your favourite books beautifully.
Condition:
In excellent condition. As an antique items, the pieces shows signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, the slide displays beautifully.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 5.5 x Width 41 x Depth 18 - Closed
Height 20 x Width 67 x Depth 18 - Open
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 inches x Width 1 foot, 4 inches x Depth 7 inches - Closed
Height 8 inches x Width 2 foot, 2 inches x Depth 7 inches - Open
Betjemann & Sons
From 1859, based at 36-40 Pentonville Road, London, George Betjemann amd his two sons took the art of cabinet, box and book slide making to new heights. They specialised in designs for operating the way that different compartments in vanity boxes opened and also the sprung system for book slides.
Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art.
Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces all gem engraving and hardstone carving, which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone, normally from a single piece, for example in Chinese jade.
The traditional convention in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi-colored inlay work. However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian.
But the title of a 2008 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe used the full Italian sense of the term, probably because they thought that it had greater brand recognition. The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)"
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but uses pietra dura. "A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns...."
Giovanni...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco PAIR of Pelican Figure Bookends in Hand Carved Woods, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a good pair of Art Deco period, Book ends of two Pelicans hand carved in wood.
Each stylised pelican has been well hand carved in a dark hardwood and stands on a base f...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Bookends
Materials
Hardwood
RARE PAIR OF ANTiQUE ASPREY LONDON LEATHER BOOK ENDS
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
A distinguished and hard-to-find pair of antique Asprey London leather bookends, showcasing the timeless craftsmanship and understated luxury that have define...
Category
20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rolls Royce Comissioned Silver Spirit of Ecstasy Book Ends
By Saunders
Shepherd
Located in Northampton, GB
Marble Columns
From our Accessories collection, we are delighted to offer a very rare pair of Silver Spirit of Ecstasy Book Ends. The Book End mounts are carved from marble with dem...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Bookends
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
Vintage Pair of Decorative Bookends, English, Walnut, Gordon Russell, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage pair of decorative bookends. An English, walnut book rest by Gordon Russell Limited, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
A dashing bookend set, with ov...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Walnut
"Nude Male Archer Bookends", Rare Pair of Ceramic, Arts and Crafts Sculptures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable pair of ceramic bookends, featuring kneeling nude male figures with drawn bows who are ready to let fly their arrows, was designed by Mary Watts and produced...
Category
1920s Arts and Crafts Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
$2,320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball on Stand
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an example of an early 20th century Lignum Vitae bowling ball on stand. This ball was not drilled for finger grips, perhaps because of the split s...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Bookends featuring Scottish Terriers Dogs
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This is a set of Art Deco bookends featuring Scottish Terriers. The Scottie is very detailed and the silvered bronze patina is a great. The base is a dark green marble that just makes those dogs "pop".
Wonderful cast silvered Bronze scottie dog bookends...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Pair of Victorian Bronze Rabbit Head Bookends in Marble Plinths by A. Gilbert
By Sir Alfred Gilbert
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of late 19th century Victorian bronze rabbit head bookends in marble plinths by Sir Alfred Gilbert
By: Sir Alfred Gilbert
Material: bronze, marble, copper, metal
Technique: cas...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Metal, Copper
Silver Plate and Brass Seashell Bookends
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual antique sea inspired bookends crafted with silver plate on brass rods and seashells at either end with faux coral brass feet.
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Bookends
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Unusual Pair Georgian Solid Yew Wood Bookends c.1800
Located in Bath, GB
A truly handsome pair of English Georgian bookends made and turned in solid Yew wood. Very slow growing for a conifer, yew is one of the hardest of the softwoods. Much prized in furn...
Category
Early 1800s George III Antique British Bookends
Materials
Brass
$926 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Victorian Black Walnut Canterbury
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian Walnut Canterbury, with spindle supports, single drawer and raised on turned legs with castors - 23"w x 16"d x 19"h
Category
1870s High Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Porcelain, Walnut
Pair of bookends designed by Hester Mabel White
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pair of bookends designed by Hester Mabel White (1898-1948). Polychromed bronze and green alp marble.
Bryan Catley (1978) "Art Deco and Other Figures" p. 330.
England, CIRCA 1920.
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$7,500 / set
Pair of Terracotta Lions, after Canova, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of recumbent lions facing towards each other.
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique British Bookends
Materials
Terracotta
$3,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
ORANELY SULPTED ANTIQUE LIBRARY BOOK CARVED FROM ROCK OF A VERY RUSTiC PART SET
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this Absolutely exquisite, hand carved from solid rock library book which is part of a suite
I have six of ...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique British Bookends
Materials
Stone
Pair of Vintage Cast Metal
Cold-Painted Figural Chestnut Horse Head Bookends
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of cast and cold-painted sculptural horse head bookends are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in England in approximately 1960 in a realistic style. The well execute...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Bookends
Materials
Granite, Spelter
Pair of bookends by Hester Mabel White
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pair of bookends designed by Hester Mabel White (1898-1948). Polychromed bronze and Portoro marble.
Bryan Catley (1978) "Art Deco and Other Figures" p. 330.
England, CIRCA 1920.
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Travertine, Bronze
$7,500 / set
Pair of Bookends in Lacquer Wood with Chinese Decor
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Pair Of Bookends In Lacquer And Polychrome wood from the beginning of the 20th century circa 1910
In good used condition and beautiful patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Bookends
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pair of English Lion Figures
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of pottery figures of lions resting on English shields. They are sitting on molded bases which are beaded around the platforms. Wonderful color. No maker's mark.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Pottery
19th Century English Chinoiserie Decorated Tray
Located in Dallas, TX
Very nice 19th century English Chinoiserie decorated paper mache tray. Lovely intricate design. A beautiful piece that makes a great accessory!
Category
19th Century Antique British Bookends
Materials
Paper
SULPTED MARBLE ANTIQUE LIBRARY BOOK CARVED FROM ROCK PART OF A LARGE SUiTE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this Absolutely exquisite, hand carved from solid rock library book which is part of a suite
I have six of ...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique British Bookends
Materials
Stone
Pair Of Antique Weighted Bookends, English, Book Rest, Art Nouveau, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large pair of antique weighted bookends. An English, mahogany carved book rest with Art Nouveau taste, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Of wonderful form and we...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Wood
SCULPTED DEEP RED ANTIQUE LIBRARY BOOK CARVED FROM ROCK PART OF A LARGE SUiTE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this Absolutely exquisite, hand carved from solid rock library book which is part of a suite
I have six of ...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique British Bookends
Materials
Stone
Pair of Antique Carved Lion Bookends, English Pine, Georgian Revival, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a distinctive pair of antique carved lion bookends. An English pine book rest presented in Georgian revival taste, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. A charming and ...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Pine
Royal Doulton Rare Pair Art Deco Figural Musician Bookends
By Royal Doulton
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and very rare pair Royal Doulton novelty figural bookends modeled as musicians dating from around 1920. The ceramic bookends portray two novelty figures of men dressed in oversized clothing...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 1872 Edition of the Pilgrim
s Progress and Other Works of John Bunyan
By John Bunyan Bristol
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice 1872 edition of The Pilgrims progress and other works of John Bunyan.
A very old and original bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Paper
Pair of Vintage Horse Bust Bookends, English, Cast Brass, Decorative, Novel Rest
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage horse bust bookends. An English, cast brass decorative novel rest, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Wonderful equin...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern British Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Vintage Springer Spaniel Bookends, English, Marble, Book Rest, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of Springer Spaniel bookends. An English, onyx marble and cast metal ornamental dog book rest, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 19...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Bookends
Materials
Marble
Metal Knights Statues Bookends with Sword
Shields England
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice set of bookends .solid Oak wood castle shaped base .
comes with White Metal knights figurines ,complete with swords
and shields . 1960s England .
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage Decorative Bookends, English, Oak, Book Rest, Early 20th, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage pair of decorative bookends. An English, oak book rest, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
A charming bookend set, in the manner of George Russell's i...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Oak
Midcentury Modern Orange Metal Bookend, Made in England
Located in New York, NY
An English orange enamel expandable bookend, Midcentury Modern period, circa mid-20th century, England. Great design in a beautiful orange hue that...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Bookends
Materials
Metal
$495 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of English Polished Steel Wheat Sheaths Book Ends, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English cast polished steel wheat sheaths book ends resting on step back rectangular plinths, Early 19th Century.
Category
1840s George IV Antique British Bookends
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Folkart Pair Oak Hand Carved Figural Bookends
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Art Deco folkart pair of hand carved oak bookends with figures dating from around 1930. The bookends have been carved from a single block of wood with a flat polished book...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Oak
Hand Painted Book Slide / Bookends Dog, After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous pristine Victorian papier mache book slide / expanding bookends with most exquisite hand painted Newfoundland dog after Landseer's "A Disti...
Category
Mid-19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Bookends
Pair of Vintage Cast Iron Scottie Book Ends
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage pair of cast iron Scottie book ends.
Category
20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Iron
Vintage Extending Book Slide, Anglo Indian, Adjustable Bookrest, Art Deco, 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage extending book slide. An Anglo-Indian, mahogany adjustable bookrest, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Fascinatingly distinctive book rest with unus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Bookends
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Vintage Acorn Bookends, English, Decorative Book Rest, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage acorn bookends. An English, mahogany decorative book rest, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Fascinating turned form, a treat for the study desk...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Bookends
Materials
Wood
Vintage Pair Of Decorative Bookends, English, Book Rest, Mid Century, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage pair of decorative bookends. An English, Portland stone book rest, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1940.
Pleasingly robust forms w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Bookends
Materials
Stone
Pair Of Antique Decorative Bookends, English, Leather, Book Rest, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique decorative bookends. An English, leather dressed book rest, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Fascinating colour and tactility to this executive ...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Bookends
Materials
Leather
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Brass Duck Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of Mid-Century Duck Brass Bookends Sculptures
Substantial in size and weight, these solid vintage brass ducks are both form and function. Fabulous pair displayed on a bookshelf ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique Lion Bookends, English, Cast Iron, Decor, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique lion bookends. An English, cast iron decorative book rest, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Bountiful cha...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Iron
19th C. Set of English Victorian Cast Brass Pointer Dog Profile Doorstoppers
Located in Haarlem, NL
A wonderful set of two Victorian heavy cast brass sitting English Pointer dogs.
Depicted 'en profile' facing towards or from each other.
They were originally made as doorstoppers, but also very useful as large bookends...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Brass
$1,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sunshine Yellow Boat Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Powder-Coated Sunshine Yellow Set of Mid-Century Sailboat Bookends
These solid vintage newly powder-coated boats are both form and function. Fabulous pair displayed on a bookshelf ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Bookends
Materials
Metal, Iron
Art Deco Bronze Bookends of Oriental Children Playing by M. White, England, 1920
By Mabel White
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bronze bookends of Chinese children playing by M. White, England, 1920.
A pair of bronze bookends with Chinese children playing, one ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Silver industrial modernist aluminium and rubber bookends "The Colour of Air"
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
The bookends are a continuation of Tino Seubert's RCA graduation project The Colour of Air and were commissioned for Ma-tt-er's book launch at London Design Festival 2018. They are i...
Category
2010s British Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
Pair Of Antique Elephant Bookends, English, Book Rest, Home Library, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique elephant bookends. An English, mahogany ornamental wildlife study, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Fascinating bookends with fine anatom...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Bookends
Materials
Wood
1960s English Traditional Bronze
Copper Baby Shoes Bookends Nursery Décor Pair
Located in Miami, FL
A Pair of British colonial baby shoes bookends in cast bronze and handcrafted solid copper Shoes made in England in the 1960s.
Note the attention to details at the shoes and each is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Colonial British Bookends
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Pair of Antique Art Deco Cast Metal
Cold-Painted Dante Alighieri Bookends
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of metal bookends are unsigned and show no foundry marks, but are presumed to have been made in England in approximately 1920 in the period Art Deco style. The bookends are...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Bookends
Materials
Metal
Vintage Asprey
Co Leather And Gilt Bookends Modelled As Open Books
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Norwich, GB
Vintage Asprey & Co leather-covered book design bookends with gilt tooled decoration and silk bases. Modelled as opened books. Maker's stamps: Asprey & Co London. Circa 1970.
The le...
Category
1970s Vintage British Bookends
Materials
Leather
Art Deco Modernist Chrome Bookends, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Very stylish and rare two dimensional bookends depicting two rearing stallions. Both are totally authentic and originate from the 1930s. These fabulous Art Deco bookends rest on a ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Bookends
Materials
Chrome
Golf Bookends With Robert Simpson Club Heads
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Robert Simpson Bookends, Mashie Niblick & Wood.
A pair of bookends hand crafted from high quality traditional materials with original 1940's club heads. The heads came from the Carno...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Oak
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