Antique Turn Of Century Bradley Hubbard B&h Brass Bookends Lions Tigers Oh My

Antique: circa ~1920s Bradley & Hubbard Very fine details Lovely patina Brass/Heavy New Green Felt 4.75" W x 4" T x 2" D I package well & ship out daily! Bradley & Hubbard, "Masters of Metalwork" - started out producing clocks, during the Civil War when markets opened west of the Mississippi. Throughout the 1850s & 1860s they added other lines of household goods including sewing machines, call bells & match safes. in 1859, with the discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, B&H began producing kerosene burning lamps, which eventually replaced whale oil burning lamps. By the 1890s B&H had showrooms in New York, Boston, Philadelphia & Chicago. Their high quality product lines of artistic household goods sold throughout the country at Marshall Field, Sears & Roebuck & Montgomery Ward. in the 1920s & 1930s they produced a line of outstanding bronzed or polychromed cast iron bookends from molten iron poured into sand molds. B&H bookends are noted for their heavy weight, fine finish & excellent detail. They are extremely popular with collectors & consistently command premium prices in today's market. Some of their bookends are included in the Castle Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Antique Turn Of Century Bradley Hubbard B&h Brass Bookends Lions Tigers Oh My