K & O Antique Bookend Girl Reading Little Red Riding Hood
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:42120946 |
 K & O Metal Novelties Company was in business from 1895 to 1939. They produced colorful and imaginative bookends from gray metal and bronze. They sometimes used celluloid to fashion heads and hands as a substitute for ivory. Use of celluloid in bookends was discontinued in early 1930s when new plastic became popular. Most of their bookends were produced between 1928 and 1935. They produced othe...r novelty items and figurines from 1895 to 1929 This bronze has no base as shown in picture. Original bronze sculpture of the 19th and early 20 century were rarely permanently attached to separate non-bronze bases. Customers chose their own bases to match their particular decorating needs. This item appears to have never been painted and has its original dark patina. I used my fingernail to try to scrape test to make sure it's not a fake painted patina. I have tested with a powerful magnet it does not stick. there is a small ding on the head in hair area picture. This is only one bookend but every other one I have seen has either been painted or buffed. This one is original patina no buffing never been painted. I am no expert but I believe that makes this already rare piece even rarer. If you want to see the other Google "K & O girl reading little red riding hood."
