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Description
Heirloom Item:
Have a set of bookends by The Jennings Brothers Mfg. / Bridgeport, CT.
I can't locate any of the same design/pattern to determine age, rareity and value.
The figure is a bundle of wheat with a butterfly landed and sitting on top.
One has a lable on the bottom that reads "Bronze & Gold" - "Rear!".
Category
Other
Medium
Bronze & Gold
Distinguishing marks
The Jennings Brothers Mfg. Co.
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
(5" Long) x (3" Wide) x (6" High)
Date Period
1890-1950
Weight
2.5 lbs. each (1-bookend)
History
Family heirloom passed down from great-aunt who was born in 1905. Aunt was extremely wealthy and cost was not an object to her when purchasing items. Aunt placed label on one that read Rear!, bronze & gold, with the word gold underlined. Also said have only a professional clean these.
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Re: Jennings Brothers Mfg., Bookends, Bronze & Gold, I/D, Value
The items are made of white metal and are bronzed or sometimes gold plated, they are fairly common but there are many, many subjects. They don't go for a lot of money except the good art deco ones. Wheat is nice but not art deco.