(above) One of a pair of Janeway tiled bookends. datable 1942-44 based on painted signature and early design. location unknown.

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(above) Promotional photograph from Georg Jensen Inc used to illustrate Janeway’s 1950 book, Pottery & Ceramics for Everybody.

Janeway began producing these tiled bookend sets early in her career with Georg Jensen Inc, adopting an existing Jensen design for bookends. The pair of Bluebirds motif is an early one, joined later by mix-and-match sets using any of her tile designs.

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(above) Janeway bookends, datable post-1947. location unknown.