Sweet Pair of Doggy Bookends carved woman with book and with the original instructions

and with the original instructions for teaching use included

weird thing--from a shelf filled with tchotchkes

no real matter at all

painting on tin

especially among students

Sweet Pair of Doggy Bookends carved woman with book and with the original instructionsI just like the dog faces carved into these wooden bookends, which I think someone took great pains to try to get right, though both are slightly off center and the lines seem a bit more wavering than confident. Also, the dog on one of them, at right in first photo, looks a bit crosseyed and so all the more empathetic. 4 3 4 x 4 t x 3 d (3 4 thick) each. Good condition, varnished.