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Rather Good Nautical Bookends That Actually Work
Right, so imagine if maritime engineering had a rather charming smaller sibling. Our Windlass Bookends are rather splendid miniature versions of the early turnbuckles sailors used to regulate sail line tension. Polished cast aluminum with brass detailing, a hefty iron base, and an operational hand wheel and screw mechanism that genuinely functions. Not that you'll need to adjust anything after about five minutes, but it's rather nice knowing you could if the mood struck.
These are properly handsome desk companions, whether you're propping up editions of Melville and Verne or organizing your DVD collection with the sort of nautical flair that suggests you've actually been to sea. Spoiler alert, you needn't have.
Why Choose Our Windlass Bookend
Beautifully Crafted Construction: Hand finished using traditional tools and techniques, which is rather a big deal when you think about it.
Solid Stability: The heavyweight iron base means your books stay upright, even if your reading habits are all over the place.
Fabulously Made Materials: Cast polished aluminium paired with brass detailing creates something utterly fetching that doesn't look like it belongs in your home.
Operational Details: The hand wheel and screw genuinely operate, adding a layer of delightful authenticity to what could have been purely decorative.
Product Details
Materials: Cast polished aluminium with brass detailing and solid heavyweight iron base
Dimensions: 21 centimetres wide, 10 centimetres deep, 19 centimetres high
Finish: Individually hand finished using traditional tools and techniques
These bookends make rather the showstopper gift for anyone with books, taste, and a sense of humour about nautical themes they don't quite understand.
SHIPPING + RETURNS
THE RATHER IMPORTANT BITS
This rather lovely piece ships directly from our brand partner - we work with independent brands who are absolutely brilliant and work frightfully hard to create beautiful things.
SHIPPING DESTINATIONS
Now, here's the thing - our wonderful brand partners ship to lots of different places, but not all of them can ship worldwide.
Some are brilliant at international shipping, others prefer to keep things closer to home.
At checkout, you'll see exactly where this particular brand can send your goodies.
We're terribly sorry, but shipping costs do vary rather wildly depending on where you are in the world. The exact figures pop up at checkout - no nasty surprises!
RETURNS
You have 14 days to return items.
Now, we absolutely adore our brand partners - they work incredibly hard and we do try to support them as much as we possibly can. So I'm rather afraid we have to pass the return postage costs back to you. Frightfully sorry about that!
🌍 PLEASE CHOOSE THOUGHTFULLY:
Our wonderful partners put their hearts into everything they make.
Ordering multiple sizes to try at home is rather hard on our planet and makes things jolly difficult for these brilliant independent creators.
When in doubt, do ask us first!
PAYMENT
We're frightfully modern and accept all the usual suspects:
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Shop Pay
SECURE AS HOUSES
Everything's properly encrypted and secure - your details are safer than the Crown Jewels!
All prices in lovely British pounds £ GBP, though international chaps will see converted prices.
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