Antique Rip Van Winkle Book Ends inspired by NC Wyeth - Pompeian Bronze - Catskill Mountains - Washington Irving - Circa 1930
$299.00
Pair of Rip Van Winkle Bronze Book Ends
Pompeian Bronze Company, Brooklyn.
Bronze Electroplated (Bronze Clad)
Circa 1930
9 1/2 inches tall, base is 4 inches by 3/38 inches
Sculpted by Peter Manfredi. Extracts from the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Works of Art, describe one as "Rip Van Winkle before his sleep. Carrying barrel on right shoulder, pouch resting on left hip, wearing low boots;"
Manfredi essentially copied the illustrations of N.C Wyeth in a 1921 edition of "Rip Van Winkle."
Condition is excellent.
The Pompeian Bronze Works traces its history back to the Galvano Bronze Company, a New York City firm founded by Paul Mori around 1889.
Galvano Bronze was one of the first American commercial companies to use bronze electroplating and electroforming.
Its earliest products were architectural elements.
In the early 1920s, the Galvano Bronze Company was sold to its employees and became The Pompeian Bronze Works. Peter Manfredi, an employee, filed 27 book and lamp design copyrights with the U.S. Library of Congress Copyright Office in 1921. The company continued using the bronze electroplating (bronze-clad) and electroforming using white-metal (often pewter) or spelter (zinc) to make ashtrays, bookends, and lamps. In addition to a bronze finish, the company painted some of its products. Scholars are not able to agree upon the end date for the company. It appears that some of the Pompeian Bronze Company molds were acquired by the Marion Bronze Company.
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