Van Briggle Flower Frog
Item Details
A Van Briggle flower frog in the Art Nouveau style. The domed and reticulated frog is in a beautiful blue green matte glaze and features three frogs gathered to the center of the piece, with raised heads and finely detailed legs. The piece is marked with the Van Briggle mark to the verso. Van Briggle Pottery was started in the late 19th century in Colorado Springs by Artus Van Briggle, an accomplished American painter of Dutch descent who studied in Paris and gained acclaimed as a celebrated pottery artist at Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati. Van Briggle Pottery is best known for the extraordinarily beautiful matte glazes and sinuous organic forms of their designs. Van Briggle Pottery is the living heritage of an extraordinary artist whose heart and hands were given only half a lifetime, and to his wife, Anne, whose own dedication and fine artistry after Artus’ death carried their vision to success in its earliest years.
Condition
no chips or cracks, slight crazing to glaze
Item #
14CIN346-244
