2 Vintage Syroco Dog Motif Bookends - Pair of Vintage Bookend Cocker Spaniel Brown Bookends - Two Mid century Syroco Wood-look Set Bookends

Wonderful vintage pair of brown Syroco bookends of a Cocker Spaniel type of dog from the neck up. Their two front paws are just below them on the base of the bookends. This pair has very expressive eyes.

See NOTE about Syroco Wood below. Both of these retro Syroco bookends have gray felt on the bottoms to protect the surface you place them on from scratching - the bottom part that fits under the books is made of metal.

This set of two bookends is a circa mid century item. The set is made by the Syracuse Ornamental Wood Co. of Syracuse NY.

This bookend set is in nice vintage condition with light wear as would be expected of an item that is from the mid century.

The bookends measure approx. 6" high x 4 1/2" wide. About 3 3/4" deep.

NOTE:
The Syracuse Ornamental Company, known as Syroco, was an American manufacturing company based in Syracuse, New York. They were best known for their molded wood-pulp products that resembled hand-carving.

Founded in Syracuse, New York in 1890 by immigrant Adolph Holstein, the Syracuse Ornamental Company (Syroco) specialized in decorative wood carving, especially for the local residential market. Products included fireplace mantelpieces and other types of interior decoration popular in late Victorian homes. To meet increasing market demand and sales opportunities Holstein developed a material looked and felt like wood but that which could be shaped, allowing multiple pieces to be produced through a molding process. The new product, which combined wood pulp brought from the Adirondacks with flour as a binder and other materials to give it strength, was extruded and then cut to fit compression molds, which had were made from original carvings in real wood.