Pair of Bookends

Van Briggle Pottery Company

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Van Briggle Pottery Company. Pair of Bookends, ca. 1901–1904. Earthenware, 5 x 5 x 3 1/8 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 66.30.1a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Pair of Bookends

Date

ca. 1901–1904

Medium

Earthenware

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

5 x 5 x 3 1/8 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 7.9 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

On back of each bird, behind bird's right wing, is scratched (in wet clay) mark of Artus Van Briggle"s pottery. The mark is barely discernable.

Credit Line

H. Randolph Lever Fund

Accession Number

66.30.1a-b

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