77/ 9 [Bookends]. (Dante). Pair of bronze bookends showing Dante seated on a bench holding a book, both 11,2x10,3x15,3 cm., (New York), Kronheim & Oldenbusch, ±1930.

- One bookend w. a sm. dam. spot.

= 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.