A Pair of Mid-20thC Novelty Cold Painted Cast Metal Bookends in the form of a Pineapple c.1960-70

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A Pair of Mid-20thC Novelty Cold Painted Cast Metal Bookends in the form of a Pineapple c.1960-70Origin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 70 Width: 4 Height: 5. 25 Depth: 1. 75 (each) The attractive pair of mid 20th century novelty bookends modelled in the form of halved pineapples, cast in heavy metal and finished with vibrant hand applied cold paint decoration, each pineapple formed as a sectional half, the interiors left plain and weighted to provide practical support, whilst the exteriors retain their stylised

Date: Formed over Many Centuries 800B

There possibly would have been glass present with one side acting as a door

The tusks have very old splits and one area of loss but remain in solid sound condition with the inscription and hallmarks remaining clear

Provenance: Ex Steinberg collection

5 inches (in frame)

each un-stretched and in simple frames

on squat tapering square legs with brass and ceramic pot castors

naturally aged with bitumen blistering

Easel painting is painting executed on a portable support such as a panel or canvas

A more charming table you could not wish to find

within a glazed case having bulbs above and below for illumination

who all competed for business during the first decade of the twentieth century