Description
Thirty-two H.G. Murphy Falcon Studio enamelled metal bookend plates, comprising, five polar bear, two penguin, one ibex, two ring-tailed lemur, two parrot, six flamingo, seven stork, five giraffe and two hornbill, and two oak book ends, with eleven original coloured drawings on paper for the bookends, stamped marks, 14cm. long (45)
Provenance
H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Paul Atterbury and John Benjamin The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy Antique Collector's Club, page 120 for four pairs of these book ends illustrated.
