Astronomer Celestial Globe Bookends
Cast Metal with Metallic Gold Finish

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Astronomer Celestial Globe Bookends Astronomer Celestial Globe Bookends
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Astronomer Celestial Globe Bookends
Astronomer Celestial Globe Bookends
Probably American: 2nd Quarter 20th Century
Cast metal with metallic gold finish
5 inches high, 3 inches wide, 4.75 inches long
Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items.

Pair of small gold-finish metal bookends, each with a rectangular plinth base supporting a jovial astronomer kneeling on a stack of books to study a large celestial globe, with other books piled beside the globe. The astronomer is portrayed as a balding professorial man.  The celestial globe has raised figures of stars.


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