Cast Iron Art Nouveau Bookend with Super Folky Face slag glass sculpture the fraktur style lettering of

the fraktur style lettering of the first half (through to the M

and this done-up beauty

I really love how old and dark and briny it feels

brittle and torn but still holding together

Cast Iron Art Nouveau Bookend with Super Folky Face slag glass sculpture the fraktur style lettering ofWhat I love about this old art nouveau bookend is the super folky (one might say homely) face on this a nude, completely endearing her to me even as it somewhat undermines her seductive pose. I don't believe this was intentional, but I think it makes this a marvelously human, empathetic thing. Love. 6" t x 4 1 4" w x 2 3 4" d and heavy. 1920s I believe, and in good condition, with loss to what I believe was a bronzed finish, all the good I think.