A pair of bookends made in the form of antique leather bound books.

A most pleasing pair of desk bookends, handmade in wood and leather and beautifully crafted. Each bookend looks like a pair of antique leather bound books.

These highly decorative pieces would have been made to special order by a traditional bookbinder. They are made from wood in the form of antique books each covered in different coloured tan hides and hand finished with heated bronze patterned wheels and hand tools to produce each book design and title in plain and gilt tooling.

Each one has a brass base plate which is designed to sit under the books on display giving greater stability

These decorative bookends are English and date to circa 1920. They would be ideal for a desktop or shelf display and would look perfect with a small collection of antique books. They are in good original condition with some age related marks to the leather.

Sizes of each book end;

Height 18.5cm x width 12.5cm including the brass plates x depth 12cm