Old Wooden Bookends with 1853 Madison Square Hippodrome Engravings red and yellow wooden apple I didn't realize when I

I didn't realize when I found it what collectors' items these old SRG dinosaurs are

it measures approximately 7 inches at widest diameter

Staining along the bottom edge and scattered

and the number 55631 written in pencil in the upper left corner

Old Wooden Bookends with 1853 Madison Square Hippodrome Engravings red and yellow wooden apple I didn't realize when IFound the other day in New Hampshire, I thing these are interesting, and quite beautiful, too. The scallop shaped bookends feature 1853 engravings (one exterior one interior) of the Hippodrome on Madison Square (known as Franconi's Hippodrome), which appear to have been trimmed from the original prints, mounted to wood and varnished over, looking now very much like the surfaces of early lacquered snuff boxes. Franconi's Hippodrome opened May 2, 1853