Flower frog

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Flower frog

Entry/Object ID

MP.2010.13 a-b

Description

a. Gray malleable lead device in the form of a row of attached blades of leaf-like grass; blades spear-shaped at ends, bent to varying degrees at tops and soldered together at base; cut straight at base; ten cylindrical tubes shorter than blades affixed to blades; fronts of blades scored by three lines; row of blades taller overall at one end than at the other. b. Shallow oval basin; white glaze; raised edge; three rectangular feet; on underside, written in orange pencil; "BR3710/7.50/£12".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1900 - 1920

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Height

14-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 8 in. (36.8 x 14 x 20.3 cm)

Dimension Description

a-b.

Height

6 in

Width

14-1/2 in

Depth

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 6 x 14 1/2 x 10 in. (15.2 x 36.8 x 25.4 cm)

Dimension Description

Height

13-1/2 in

Width

1-1/2 in

Depth

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 10 in. (34.3 x 3.8 x 25.4 cm)

Material

Lead, Ceramic

Condition

Notes

Remarks: (a.) lead stained with white tide lines and accretions; (b.) stained and marked with old glue [?] residue; overall, lead is slightly bent and easily damaged it is so soft; bottom edge of shorter leaves/blades bent.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Violetta White Delafield

Notes

User

Person or Organization

Violetta White Delafield

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Accessioned 2010, acquired earlier. Cataloged 2013 [Jessa J. Krick, 1/8/2014].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Part of the seasonal room installation in the Warming Kitchen when house is open; may not have been orignally designed or purchased together, but found together in storage at MP and appear to have been used together.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Breakfast Room Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Breakfast Room

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial