Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends bread board I don't know a lot

I don't know a lot about horse breeding and naming

a heart on its front

wonderfully painterly and sculptural both

With hanging loop at top

I find it just completely charming

Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends bread board I don't know a lotSo 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,