Pair of Rebecca Cauman Arts & Crafts Bookends

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Pair of Rebecca Cauman Arts & Crafts Bookends
Enameled copper metalwork
Boston, Massachusetts, 1924-27
Arched form with engraved linear outline framing the central round medallion depicting a potted orange tree with green foliage, amber trunk, and orange fruit on a cobalt blue ground, impressed CAUMAN on back, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 5 7/8, dp. 5 1/4 in.

Note: Rebecca Cauman is listed in The Society of Arts and Crafts Boston Exhibition Record 1897-1927. She received Master Craftsman status in 1924.
Estimate $600-800

Scratches to copper surface associated with age and normal use. One has enamel loss in blue area on edge.

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