These beauties are made by Marion Bronze. Incidentally, this famous canine, besides being know for his courage and tricks, is also credited with s I would guesstimate that Hubley manufactured these bookends, from the mid-1920s until the early 1930s, to celebrate and participate in the craze, at that time, revolving around the original and renowned, German Shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin. This paint chipping/wear does not affect the integrity of the pieces themselves, but merely evidences their ANTIQUE character. And, where that paint chipping/wear does occur, it is followed by that welcomed, base coat or the rich, mahogany hue/patina of the exposed iron, which could only be brought about by age. Betraying their age, there is chipping and wear to their original paint.
Although timeworn and naturally aged, these handsome bookends retain NEARLY ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL, POLYCHROME PAINT! The detailing colors of which are still VIVID, VIBRANT, and RICHLY TONED! There is no spray painting here they're ALL HAND-PAINTED! Wonderfully, despite decades of handling and rubbing, a glimpse of Hubley's signature, RED COLLAR can yet be seen. more referenced in Louis Kuritzky's book, Collector's Guide To Bookends" at page 104. 364, Police Dog(A lifelike model of one of the best known of all dogs. These outstanding bookends are referenced in Hubley's Metal Art Goods Catalog, as book ends- Design No. They're a well-preserved, nicely detailed, ANTIQUE, CAST IRON set of bookends, exquisitely cast in the form of a SIDEWARD GLANCING, GERMAN SHEPHERD dog, and expertly crafted by HUBLEY. And, here we have prime examples of those EARLY pieces. To wit, Albany Foundry, Bradley and Hubbard, National Foundry, Hubley, and Judd Company are unrivaled as"works of art" the amount and degree of detail in those era pieces set them apart from the mass-produced pieces of later years. BEST! RARE HUBLEY CAST IRON POLICE DOG SHEPHERD BOOKENDS The castings of the foundries of old. Increase Sales by 18% and double your hits- Vendio Gallery. We apologize for this inconvenience but we will make every attempt possible to get your item to you in a timely manner. Some items(Depending on size and difficulty packaging) may take a day or two longer. Please keep in mind that although our shipping time is 3 days.
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