Art Deco Stylised Eagle Bookends Pair, 1930s Decor

A pair of Art Deco bookends with a stylised bird of prey perched on a ringed orb. The eagle has a rounded body, hooked beak and raised wings made of long, flat, fanned feather blades that spread across the angled back panel. The two bookends are mirror images on flat base plates. Eagles with streamlined, fanned wings were a common Art Deco motif in the 1920s and 1930s, used on buildings, radiator mascots and decorative metalwork as a symbol of power and speed. This design simplifies the bird in…

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