This listing is for a pair of vintage Jennings Brothers “Lion of Lucerne” bronze bookends. Condition: there is a slight dent on the back of one (see photo); original patina. They are marked from the manufacture on the back and measure 7-1/2″ long by 3-1/8″ deep and are 5 tall.
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Antique Lion Monument Bronzed Cast Iron Bookends. A vintage pair of bronzed cast iron bookends with a lion monument (or lion of Lucerne) theme. The Monument commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. It is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland,…
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