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Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint
Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint

Antique boy fishing fish sport child bookends Galvano Bronze clad, near mint

$ 60.72

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: No damage other than minor nicks / scuffs
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • Type: Bookends
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Charming bookends depicting a little boy fishing.  Can't quite tell if he has hooked it yet or not.  The original title is "Fisher Boy."
    Bronze-clad, a manufacturing technique whereby a skin of bronze was deposited on a plaster form through the process of electro-plating.  A handful of companies used this method in the early 1900s to make decorative household objects that had the look, feel, and heft of solid bronze yet were affordable by the middle class.
    One of those companies was P. Mori & Son, Inc, established in 1889.  They operated in NYC under the trade name Galvano Bronze.  No maker's mark (there would have been foil labels on the bottoms) but this set does appear in my original P. Mori catalogue.  Galvano's stock number 235; it sold for .50 for this monochrome set.  The "polychrome or gold" ones brought .00.
    Condition is excellent for items just about 100 years old.  No breaks in the cladding, no dents, just a few minor scratches and dings along the edges.  Finish is original and has aged to a lovely dark bronze patina.  Both piece sit flat and stable.
    7 inches tall; base is 4 1/2 inches X 3 1/4 inches.  Each piece weighs 2 1/2 pounds.
    Perfect gift for the young angler in your family.
    US shipping only.  USPS priority.  I pack with care.