Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends bread board Oisín Kelly (1915–1981) was a

Oisín Kelly (1915–1981) was a prominent Irish sculptor who worked in wood

I find it just completely charming

from two big bellied suited fellows on the first page (cover is missing) punningly titled (I believe) “close corporations” to a pair of fabulous articulated wooden dolls titled “Babes in the wood

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

With hanging loop at top

Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends bread board Oisín Kelly (1915–1981) was 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,