76/ 6 [Bookends]. (Dante). Pair of painted bronze bookends showing the bust of Dante upon a book, both 17x7,5x16,5 cm., (New York), Pompeian Bronze Co., early 20th cent.

= By the end of the 19th cent., bookends showing famous people from the field of literature, politics etc. became a popular attribute in cultivated homes across the United States. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.