Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends paperback have been played with a

have been played with a lot

which looks to me to be splitting a piece of wood

running vertically down the far right edge

and I might guess she dates from the 30s or 40s

with all sorts of drama embedded those

Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends paperback have been played with aSo 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,