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As mid-century modern design becomes ever more popular, BLENKO glass bookends are popping up frequently in antique shops. BLENKO items are well known to glass collectors, as expressed in this Modernism Magazine article, but have not received much attention from bookend collectors. Here we have two representative pairs of BLENKO bookends, both of them solid and heavy.
Abstract pyramids: Cast glass. Height 4.5 inches. BLENKO glass Company. Black by reflected light, but green by transmitted light. A BLENKO factory label is glued to one bookend. Designed by Wayne Husted or Joel Myers (verbal communication with factory spokesperson). Issued in 1963, catalog # 6319. A picture of these bookends can be found in the 1965 Blenko catalog.
Abstract teepees: Cast glass. Height 6 inches. BLENKO Glass Company. Designed by Don Shepherd (verbal communication with factory spokesperson). Issued in 1970.
The BLENKO Glass Company, established in 1893 and continuing to produce glassware today, is located in Milton, West Virginia. BLENKO bookends appear frequently on internet auctions and sales. A person could make an attractive collection of BLENKO’s colorful bookends. A good resource for dating bookends are the catalogs on the BLENKO Project website. Below is a screen shot of the 1969 Catalog, pg. 13 from that website.
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Free gps tracker for car. Bookend array from 1969 BLENKO Catalog. Screen-capture from http://www.blenkoproject.org