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 it definitely provides a subtext

with one nail a tiny bit higher than flush on front but still going through to the back

come to dust

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.