I love horses. I love sculpture. And I love bookends. Check, check, check. But when it comes to horse racing, I have pretty-mixed feelings. I know that top race horses are treated magnificently. And, yet, injuries and track-side executions are still all-too-common. And for every top-tier race horse, there are hundreds of other horses who live and race at lower-level (perhaps questionable) stables and tracks.
Despite these reservations, I think that the bookends, shown above, are straight out of the Winner's Circle. Made of heavy cast iron, they are patinated with a rich, traditional bronze, highlighted with golden bronze bas relief sculpting. The horses (and the horseshoe) fairly pop from the surfaces of these bookends, made by Bradley & Hubbard in the Twenties or Thirties. Click on the photo above to learn more about these handsome bookends.
More horse-themed bookends tomorrow and in the days to come.
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