Rookwood Pottery Bookends 2275?

[debitendcredits]

I picked this pair of bookends up at this week’s estate sale outing and was shocked when I looked at the comps.
Similar items (to those in the photos) sold for 350 to 500 bucks. I could not find any with an engraving from the Engineering Society of Cincinnati. Any Rookwood aficionados out there?
If you search Rookwood 2275 on Worthpoint, a bunch of these come up. Mine is ceramic and doesn’t appear to be as detailed as the ones on WP. But maybe that’s just the photos?

As always, your insights are appreciated.

https://imgur.com/a/BcMRP2u

[debitendcredits]

Any guesses?

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[Jay]

I dont know the answer but I do think they’re cool. I bet there’s graduates of that school who would likely collect these kinds of items.

[debitendcredits]

Yeah it’s interesting, I haven’t found an other bookends like this that have an inscription,

 

[Temudgin]

There was a pair with that inscription on Chairish, according to this pinterest post:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/442619469646111097/

I think you’d want to remove the felt to show buyers the marks which would date them and confirm Rookwood source and mold number. According to the Ohio Secretary of State, that nonprofit corporation had that specific name only from 1943 to 1978 and went out of business in 2010. Of course Rookwood was in Cincinnati and these items could very well have been commissioned by the society for some award, gift, or commemoration during that period. If you can translate the monogram, you might be able to figure out the name of the artist since the specific Rookwood artists were known.

Rookwood has been reproduced but it’s hard to imagine the Chinese counterfeiters would bother with a set of bookends and the extra work of the inscription. They’d go for the art deco style vases and such. The Rookwood company was revived in 2004. It still manufactures items with the original molds but they are dated accurately on the base along with the logo and mold number.

[Antique Frog]

This pair of owl bookends seem to have a similar glaze, which is described as “Apple Green Celadon” by the seller, as if it’s the actual Rookwood name for the glaze.

[debitendcredits]

@ temudgin thank you for the information.  I agree, I sincerely doubt they are Chinese knock offs the estate that I got these from had been virtually sealed off for 20 years and there were a lot of other mid century and older pieces.

Would you mind reposting the pintrest link?  It did not come through.

 

[Temudgin]

That’s weird. Sometimes I see it here and sometimes I don’t. Let’s try again:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/442619469646111097/

[Temudgin]

If that doesn’t work, the way I can get to is by googling “pr rookwood raven bookends engineer society of cincinnati”

I’m not able to search within pinterest, I guess because I don’t have an account.

[debitendcredits]

@AntinqueFrog Thank you for the link.  Yes that is the very same glaze.

 

[catmom]

What a great find! I collect Rookwood and have a mix of antique and newer pieces. Rookwood pottery is still producing today.

https://rookwood.com/

 

[Antique Frog]

Article on present-day Rookwood glazes.

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