These bookends are really nicely modelled spelter and good quality polished alabaster which is not faded and has a really nice shine to it.  The girls' hair is a really nice bob shape and the patination is all intact.  Condition is excellent with no chips to the stone. One of the ladies is missing the tip of her little finger, although this is more than likely to have happened in production as it is old and not' fresh'.  To be honest, you really have to look for this and this is not damage but a production flaw.

What's most important is that these bookends are actually functional, the measure approx 14 cms tall. They are very substantial and a very nice example, they look like the work of the Le Verrier foundry, France, but I think they are probably English circa 1930.