UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PAIR OF BRONZE = NOT CAST IRON = BOOKENDS 1930-1940\'S For Sale

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BRONZE BOOKENDS
PAIR OFBRONZE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BOOKENDS MADE IN THE 1950 -1970\'S. VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN BOOKENDS TYPICALLY FEATURE ONLY ONE DATE 1817 THE YEAR THE UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN
DETROIT. THE FRONT SEAL FEATURES A SUNBURST, A LAMP OF KNOWLEDGE ON A BOOK AND THE LATIN MOTTO
ARTES SCIENTIA VERITAS. EACH MEASURES 6 X 6 X 2 1/4 INCHES AT THE BASE. THE STANDING PORTION IS 3/8 OF AN
INCH ACROSS THE ROUNDED TOP. THE PAIR WEIGHS 11 POUNDS. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN POLISHED AND HAVE A
BRONZE PATINA AND THE SEAL IS SEMI BRIGHT. NO DENTS ON THE BRONZE . THE DATE 1817 IS THE FOUNDING DATE OF
THE UNIVERSITY NOT THE DATE THE BOOKENDS WERE MANUFACTURED WHICH WAS IN THE 1960\'S-1070\'S.
FOUNDED IN 1817 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 26, 1817 IN DETROIT. DETROIT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE DETROIT TERRITORY AND IN 1937 THE
MICHIGAN TERRITORY BECAME THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND THE UNIVERSITY MOVED TO ANN ARBOR. ALTHOUGH
1937 WAS CONSIDERED THE OFFICIAL FOUNDING DATE, IN 1929 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGN BOARD OF REGENTS
OFFICIALLY CHANGED THE FOUNDING DATE ON THE UNIVERSITIE\'S SEAL TO 1817 RECOGNIZING THE DETROIT ORIGIN
AS THE BEGINNING. TERRIOTORIAL LEGISLATION PASSED AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SCHOOLS CREATION AS
SEPT 1817.
I HAVE A LOT OF PHOTOS AS THE BOOKENDS WERE SITTING IN A CLOSET FOR YEARS AS I GRADUATED IN 1961 AND
BOUGHT THEM USED IN MICHIGAN. I BRUSHED THEM LIGHTLY WITH MINERAL OIL SO YOU CAN SEE CONDITION ,
HAVE NEVER BEEN POLISHED AND ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL I DID NOT N0T TO DESTROY THE ORIGINAL FINISH AND THE
BUYER CAN POLISH THEM IF THEY WANT TO OR HAVE THEM POLISHED. I LIIKE THEM THE WAY THEY ARE. THE SHINY
PHOTOS ARE AFTER I WIPED THEM WITH OIL. UNUSUAL TO FIND A PAIR AND NOT A SINGLE BOOKEND.THESE ARE BRONZE NOT CAST IRON TESTED AND NOT MAGNETIC ********** I INCLUDED MANY PHOTOS SOME WITH
MINERAL OIL TO SHOW DETAIL BUT WD40 OR SILICONE SPRAY WILL PRESERVE THE FINISH WIPED WITH A CLOTH.
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