Old Wooden Bookends with 1853 Madison Square Hippodrome Engravings diamond pattern that was the end of

that was the end of that

I am completely taken with this small oil on board still life of a couple of oranges

there may be some pieces missing

clearly somewhere on the water

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Old Wooden Bookends with 1853 Madison Square Hippodrome Engravings diamond pattern that was the end ofFound the other day in New Hampshire, I thing these are interesting, and quite beautiful, too. The scallop shaped bookends feature 1853 engravings (one exterior one interior) of the Hippodrome on Madison Square (known as Franconi's Hippodrome), which appear to have been trimmed from the original prints, mounted to wood and varnished over, looking now very much like the surfaces of early lacquered snuff boxes. Franconi's Hippodrome opened May 2, 1853