Bidspirit auction | Pair Neoclassical Gilt Putto Bookends

Pair Neoclassical Gilt Putto Bookends - 7 in. Tall. A pair of decorative bookends designed as mirror images. Each piece features a seated putto or cherub with curly hair, leaning against a tall arched backplate with a gadrooned or rope-twist border. The figures are depicted in a seated, contemplative pose, holding and reading an open book across their laps. The bookends are constructed with a cream or off-white finish on the figures and the inner faces of the backplates.