![]() ![]() Thank you for your interest in these vintage treasures. T are no dings, cracks, or breaks in either of them. These beautiful bookends each measure 5 3/4" tall, 4 1/4" wide, 2" deep, and weigh 1 1/2 pounds. This single bronzed horse bookend is fabulous Western decor for your ranch home or cabin. The bottoms of the bases are covered with green felt. Vintage chalkware horse bookend horseshoe bookend. A "3" is marked on one and a "5" is marked on the other. Imprinted on the back of each bookend is "136 A-C". Marked on the lower fence rails is "OFW". The detail on the saddle, cowboy boots, stirrups, and neckerchief is extremely nice. A fence with five rails helps form the back of each bookend. The cowboy is gripping the reins with his left hand, his right arm raised behind him, his chaps falling forward, and his hat has fallen between his arm and the horse's rump. ![]() The horse has its head down, hind legs kicking, and tail in the air. Rising from the back of the base is a bucking horse, cowboy, and fence. The top of the base is designed to look like the ground. The rectangular base graduates in height from 1/4" to 1/2". These copper colored metal bookends do attract a magnet. ![]() ![]() The company used 5 different finishes for its cast metal pieces, but their trademark high-gloss bronze finish with two-tone highlights of rich red-golden copper from the Southwest’s great copper mines, earned Dodge the tag line, “ The Best of the West.”Ĭlick on a photo below to view more detail about the item.Is a great pair of vintage bookends. Their bookends on onyx bases are less common. Brown, selling for $10 to $40 a pair.Īll Dodge bookends are made of heavy cast gray metal. of Los Angeles, Newark and Miami, advertised “ the master-line of gifts for the discriminating buyer ,” listing more than 20 different pairs of bookends, including pieces designed by McClelland Barclay and Gladys E. In 1930 he moved the company to Los Angeles to begin making “Oscars” for Hollywood’s Academy Awards, and in 1949, began producing Hollywood’s “Emmys”. Dodge, a former track star in the 1924 Olympics. began in Chicago in the mid 1920s by Ray E. He was a Miami resident since 1950.ĭodge, Inc. Click on a photo below to view more detail about the item. He moved the company to Los Angeles and began making the Oscars in 1930 and the Emmys in 1949. 174 results for vintage metal horse bookends Save this search Update your shipping location Shop on eBay Brand New 20.00 or Best Offer Sponsored Antique Vintage End of the Trail Weary Indian on Horse Cast Iron Metal BOOKENDS Pre-Owned C 27.22 Top Rated Seller 0 bids The company used 5 different finishes for its cast metal pieces, but their trademark high-gloss bronze finish with two-tone highlights of rich red-golden copper from the Southwest’s great copper mines, earned Dodge the tag line, The Best of the West. He began the company in Chicago after competing in the 1924 Olympics and the Pan American Games the following year. Dodge was the founder of Dodge, Inc., one of the worlds largest manufacturers of trophys. Dodge, a former Olympic runner and founder of the company that makes the Oscar and Emmy statuettes for movie and television awards, died of congestive heart failure on Sept. ![]()
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