Sweet Pair of Doggy Bookends carved woman with book no real matter at all

no real matter at all

and with the original instructions for teaching use included

may just be my favorite

I love all of the rows of old nails holding it together at the corners and joining the interior separators to the exterior--such a warm and to my eye super satisfying thing

which I would guess may be the initials of its maker

Sweet Pair of Doggy Bookends carved woman with book no real matter at allI just like the dog faces carved into these wooden bookends, which I think someone took great pains to try to get right, though both are slightly off center and the lines seem a bit more wavering than confident. Also, the dog on one of them, at right in first photo, looks a bit crosseyed and so all the more empathetic. 4 3 4 x 4 t x 3 d (3 4 thick) each. Good condition, varnished.