vintage Pompeian Bronze bookends, Cyrano De Bergerac bookends, pristine, rare For Sale

• Offered here is a very attractive pair of highly collectible bronze clad bookends: Cyrano De Bergerac

• circa 1920s

• The pair were manufactured by the Pompeian Bronze Company in New York City.

• This is a rare set.  These bookends are modeled after the Edmond Rostand character in the 1897 French play which, as most people are familiar, was modernized with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah in the 1987 movie Roxanne, among others.

• Construction is bronze clad.

• The paint is an excellent condition, particularly for the age. The rainbow colors and casting details are quite impressive. You will not find a better set.

• Take a good look at the photos.

• There are no breaks in the bronze cladding.  No issues with the nose! This is really a remarkable set.

Original blue felts.

• This attractive pair of bookends is a little over 9 1/2 inches tall.

• Shipping is $20.

Most people are not really familiar with bronze clad bookends so here’s a little background information. Prior to 1914 just about all high-end sculptural artwork was solid bronze.  About that time a company named 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.  A plaster mold was made and then it was covered with graphite to allow copper or bronze to be electroplated on top of it. It was a very time-consuming process and several companies went one step further by painting the bookends in a very colorful fashion. This was a time-consuming and expensive manufacturing process by the early 1930s most manufacturers had exited the business