Topic: Name that horse, please - rearing horse, bookend?

[Ivo]

Here is a satinated horse which jumped out at me today.  It is 8"= 20 cms high, so quite a hefty steed. I immediately recognised it - it is in one of my books. But which one? I thought it was Chevalier for Baccarat (it has that sort of quality) but cannot find it there. It is also not Leerdam. And I've googled myself silly. A name, a name please. And don't spare the horses!

[NKP]

... Fostoria .

[Ivo]

Thanks for an unexpected candidate. I checked the "useful & ornamental" book but Fostoria made 2 horses - colt standing and colt reclining; the tallest of these is 3.7/8" - so rather too small.

[NKP]

Rearing horse #2564 = height 7 3/4 

[Ivo]

Thanks - that led to a lot of googling. Horse bookends seem to be a complicated field, and these have been made at the very least by Fostoria, New Martinsville and Smith bros. in the 1940s - and possibly by others. Most items I see on the net are lacking in definition, and there is discussion on how to distinguish between the various makers. Of course, finding one of these in Europe is a rare occasion - no wonder I've seen it but not recognised.

[aflint]

I've been through this process myself, and my pair turned out to be by New Martinsville.

The LE Smith version has a different, beaded mane as you can see here

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I don't have a photo of the Fostoria version I'm afraid, but it has a slimmer, less tucked head

Hope this is of help.
Alison

[TxSilver]

Ivo, Replacements.ltd has a couple of Fostoria horses at http://www.replacements.com/webquote/FOSFOA.htm?s1=gbase&36288& that look like yours. It is the second link on the page. Unfortunately, it doesn't give a height.

[Ivo]

Thank you both Anita  :hiclp: and Alison  :hiclp:

[deco.queen]

It's called a Bookend and is 7 1/4" high, made 1939-58.  Reissued in 1991 in crystal for Fostoria outlet stores.

[Frank]

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ex Glass Zoo

The similarities to the coarser 1940s L E Smith (US) horse book end are remarkable, this is more likely to pre-date that. Further research needed.

Mary Pelt attributes to Libochovice1937 #39 on page 16 here

Sizes: 215mm (8½") high

Marcus to 'possibly'  Jablonex, Czechoslovakia 1948-92.