A pair of bookends displayed on a dark gray, gradient background. They are made out of ceramic and have a tarnished, dark bronze color. The overall shape and color are comparable to how one would describe a machine part. The inner-portion, like most traditional bookends, has a 90-degree composition while the outer portions have a decoratively industrial feel. It has zig-zagged edges like portions of a cogwheel. From an aerial perspective, the bookends extend to the sides with curving and angular detailing.

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	We acquired this object.
1929	Work on this object began.
2017	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
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Object ID #907130123

This is a Pair of Bookends. It was designed by Albert Drexler Jacobson . It is dated 1929. Its medium is ceramic.

Designer Albert Drexler Jacobson created these cog-like bookends for the Cowan Pottery Studio in 1929, transforming the machine aesthetic into a decorative element worthy of a modern library.

It is credited Collection of Mark Bassett and George Cooper.

Bookends
cast copper.
Gift of Gerald G. Stiebel and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel.
2013-49-26-a,b

Warrior Heads Plaque, Plaque No. 5
ceramic with underglaze painting and clear glaze.
Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1760.1931.
48.2016.11

A wide-mouthed slightly bulbous circular bowl, tapering to a molded circular foot. The exterior of the bowl is decorated with a composition of stylized geometric architecture, art-deco advertising signs, cocktail glasses, and musical instruments in black, with a royal blue, transparent glaze over the whole surface. A small part of the interior is shown, which is decorated with a continuous band of musical staff and notations in royal blue over a black ground.

The New Yorker (Jazz) Punch Bowl
glazed, molded earthenware with sgraffito design.
Gift of Mrs. Homer Kripke.
1980-21-7

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

Tall, sterling silver fluted cocktail shaker is centered on a similarly patterned tray with crimped, corrugated edges and shaped alike a tart pan. The surfaces are highly reflective; the column-like shaker features a smooth inset lid with alternating with a fluted top cap.

Object ID #404536705
sterling silver.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-44-a/c

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12.1 × 10.8 × 9.5 cm (4 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oahbx/
Accession Number 47.2016.4a,b
Object ID 907130123