19th c. Steel and Solid Bronze Scale Bookends c.1895 Accent Chairs Back leg missing a piece

Back leg missing a piece but stable

Smith Bros

and entered what he calls his late period

The name is a play on the inde-structo-ble quality of their steel building sets

He worked with the company until his retirement as head bookkeeper in 1930

19th c. Steel and Solid Bronze Scale Bookends c.1895 Accent Chairs Back leg missing a pieceABOUT Antique Fairbanks solid bronze scale repurposed into bookends with solid steel bases. CREATOR Fairbanks. DATE OF MANUFACTURE Scale: c. 1895, Steel Base: Unknown. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Solid Bronze, Solid Steel. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. DIMENSIONS H 5. 25 in. x W 6. 25 in. x D 18. 5 in. HISTORY Unknown.