A Melrose Ware pair of 'Shy Girl' bookends, Mel-Rose Art Pottery (1932-1946), the rare pair of bookends, each in pale green tones, modelled as a female bust with down cast eyes wearing a head scarf, stamped to the underside, with roundel paper label to base 'Mel-rose Ware made in Australia shape no. V 34 decoration no. S/8 Price' height 17 cm, length 10.5 cm, width 10.5 cm