New photos, vintage Armor Bronze bookends, Dante & Beatrice, circa 1925, painted

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New photos, vintage Armor Bronze bookends, Dante & Beatrice, circa 1925, painted:
$225.00

Prior to 1914 just about all high-end sculptural artwork was solid bronze. About that time a company called 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 . About the same time a company called National Metalizing Company also began making this statuary, calling the finish \"Armor Bronze\". After WWI the assets of this Armor Bronze division were spun off as a new entity - The Armor Bronze Company of New York City. Armor Bronze relocated to Tauton Mass. in 1934. Much of thecompany\'s statuesque larger bookends were made in the teens and the twenties.

By the end of the Roaring Twenties the only “bronze clad” manufacturer left was Armor Bronze.The Great Depression swallowed-up most of “bronze clad” artisans – as the process was deemed to be too expensive and time consuming.

Offered is a great set of bookends of Dante and Beatrice bookends by Armor Bronze.
They are bronze clad and they are painted (polychrome)
Circa 1925
When the Collectors Encyclopedia of Bookends was published in 2006, thepolychromessetwas listed as rarity 5* - only seenonce before.
See photos for condition which is great.
No breaks to cladding. This is a rare set
Paint in fantastic condition
Original felt with Armor Bronze New York labels on both.
The bookends are about 6-3/8 inches tall. The pair weigh about 7 pounds and 12 ounces.
Shipping is $16 including insurance