Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends bread board which certainly was once affixed

which certainly was once affixed to a cart or wagon

With hanging loop at top

My interest in salesman samples on occasion is somewhat less for their own sake as samples (though of course I love all things miniature

overall very good antique condition

wonderfully painterly and sculptural both

Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends bread board which certainly was once affixedSo fun, I couldn't resist these who doesn't need a knight in shining armor, or two, around? And turns out the Gichner Ironworks, which produced them, was quite notable opened in Washington DC in 1899 by Fred S. Gichner, a Jewish immigrant from Austria, who went on to design fine ironwork grates, fences, and more for the White House, various embassies, and well appointed homes all over town. During World War II, when local construction was stalled,