Antique Cowan Pottery 1914-1917 Boy & Girl Ivory Glaze Bookends Frank Wilcox For Sale

These are Cowan Pottery "Boy and Girl" figural bookends, model/shape No. 519, designed by Cleveland artist Frank Nelson Wilcox (1887–1964) and produced 1914-1917.

The matched pair depicts two stylized children:

A reclining girl with her arms raised behind her head
and
A seated or kneeling boy with folded arms

Measurements:
Height: 6¼ inches
Width: 3⅝ inches
Depth: 3⅝ inches

Condition: Significant glaze crazing but no visible cracks - see photos for details.

Wilcox designed the figures around 1913–1917, during Cowan's early Arts and Crafts period.

They are American art pottery, produced by R. Guy Cowan's studio in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The Cowan Pottery Museum recognizes the "Boy and Girl" among the studio's early bookend designs.

Crosslisted.

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