Commemorative Liberty Bell bookend from the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial

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Commemorative Liberty Bell bookend from the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial
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  • Title :     Commemorative Liberty Bell bookend from the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial
  • Artist:     Susquehanna Casting Co. Maker
  • Accession:     86.9.55.1
  • Country:     United States Wrightsville Pennsylvania
  • Date:     circa 1926
  • Dimensions:     Inches 6-1/4 5-3/4 2-7/8, Centimeters 15.9 14.6 7.3
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Decorative Arts and Furniture
  • Collection Theme:     World's Fairs and Expositions
  • Subject:     Freedom and Art , Metal/Metal Design , World's Fairs and Expositions , Commemoration
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     86.9.55.1.JPG
  • Tags:     World's Fairs and Expositions~Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Cast iron bookend in the shape of half of the Liberty Bell with a bronze finish and copper highlights on inscription.