Heavy Brass Lion Claws (Great Bookends!) - A Pair tramp art tray with different arrangements of birds

with different arrangements of birds

Hardbound with a terrific mustard yellow fabric cover and printed and distributed by Doubleday & Co

I especially love the carved anchor at the end of this one

I've lately been having fantasies of a huge antique wooden desk with lots of surface for all sorts of old school desk accessories

and 2 1/4 inches at the base

Heavy Brass Lion Claws (Great Bookends!) - A Pair tramp art tray with different arrangements of birdsThis is a terrific pair of what I believe are pretty old brass lion claws, which were likely once feet on a piece of furniture, but which now I think would make an excellent pair of bookends. They are quite heavy, so plenty weighty to keep even a long row of big art books tightly upright. I just love the nails on these dramatic claws, making me think a bit of gothic gargoyles. Just fabulous! There is a bit of pitting and greening to the brass, which I