AMERICAN ART-GLASS ROOSTER BOOKENDS BY UNKNOWN MAKER (1970s) ART034 Media – OIL PAINT

Media – OIL PAINT

Ernst Johann Engler (1867–1932)

He incorporated his geometric visions into large-scale works for public spaces

A pair of classic 1950s-era tripod table lamps designed by Gerald Thurston for LIGHTOLIER

occasionally both

AMERICAN ART-GLASS ROOSTER BOOKENDS BY UNKNOWN MAKER (1970s) ART034 Media – OIL PAINTA pair of heavy art glass bookends, emblazoned with a stylized, mid century graphic of a crowing rooster. The well known design is assembled from a collection of circles, arcs, and curves in low relief. Often misattributed to the Blenko Glass Company of Milton, a consensus has emerged that these birds are more likely the work of another West Virginia glassworkseither the Viking Glass Company, founded in New Martinsville in 1944, or the Pilgrim Glass