Pompeian Bronze bookends, Robinson Crusoe, dogs, parrots, c. 1925, polychrome For Sale

• Offered here is a very attractive pair of highly collectible bronze clad bookends: Robinson Crusoe
• circa 1920s
• The pair were manufactured by the Pompeian Bronze Company in New York City.
• This is a rare set.  Pompeian Bronze also did a more simplistic design of this set
• Construction is bronze clad. The relief work is quite detailed and unusual. Take a close look at the detail to these bookends. It is quite a busy scene. Note the umbrella, the tools on his belt, the rifle, the parrot and his dogs
• The paint is an excellent condition, particularly for the age.  
• Take a good look at the photos. Each book and is marked Pompeian Bronze on the backside
• There are no breaks in the bronze cladding.
• These bookends have replacement felts
• This attractive pair of bookends 6 1/4 inches tall, 5 inches wide, and 2 1/2 inches deep.
• Shipping is $20 including insurance priority mail. 
• Any  questions please ask.

Many people are not familiar with bronze clad bookends so here’s a little background information. Prior to 1914 just about all high and sculptural artwork was solid bronze.  About that time a company named Kathodian Bronze Works began manufacturing small sculptural artwork such as bookends (back then they were called “book rocks”) and statuary using a process imported from Europe around the turn of the century known as electroplating or electroforming.  A plaster mold was made and then it was covered with graphite to allow copper or bronze to be electroplated on top of it. It was a very time-consuming process and several companies went one step further by painting the bookends in a very colorful fashion. This was a time-consuming and expensive manufacturing process by the early 1930s most manufacturers had exited the busines