We offer a vintage pair of Art Deco horse head bookends crafted by Dodge, Inc. Noted for producing the Oscar and Emmy awards. The bookends are made of cast metal with a red copper patina. The bookends e ach measure 3 3/8 ” in width, 4 1 /2″ in length and 7 3 /8 in height. The bookends together weigh 3 pounds 14.4 ounces. One bookend retains the original cardboard liner in a dimpled lather finish. A former Olympic runner and founder of the company that makes the Oscar and Emmy statuettes for movie and television awards, died of congestive heart failure on Sept. He was 84 years old. Dodge was the founder of Dodge, Inc. One of the worlds largest manufacturers of trophys. He began the company in Chicago after competing in the 1924 Olympics and the Pan American Games the following year. He moved the company to Los Angeles and began making the Oscars in 1930 and the Emmys in 1949. He was a Miami resident since 1950. Began in Chicago in the mid 1920s by Ray E. Dodge, a former track star in the 1924 Olympics. In 1930 he moved the company to Los Angeles to begin making Oscars for Hollywoods Academy Awards, and in 1949, began producing Hollywoods Emmys. In a 1948, a catalog for Dodge, Inc. Of Los Angeles, Newark and Miami, advertised. Listing more than 20 different pairs of bookends, including pieces designed by McClelland Barclay and Gladys E. All Dodge bookends are made of heavy cast gray metal. Their bookends on onyx bases are less common. The Best of the West. The item “Vintage Pair of Dodge, Inc Art Deco Cast Metal Horse Head Bookends Copper Patina” is in sale since Saturday, July 17, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Bookends”. The seller is “kitcar5914″ and is located in Corpus Christi, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, Russian federation.
- Size: Medium
- Shape: Rectangle
- Handmade: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Department: Adults
- Style: Art Deco
- Modified Item: No
- Item Height: 7 3/8
- Object Type: Bookends
- Item Width: 4.5
- Material: Metal
- Theme: Horse
- Type: Bookends
- Color: Copper
- Subject: Horse
- Finish: Metallic
- Item Length: 4.5 in
- Room: Any Room
- Item Weight: 4 lb
- Brand: Dodge
- Time Period Manufactured: 1920-1949
- Era: Early 20th Century (1911-1940)