VERY RARE WELLER AMERICAN ARTS & CRAFTS SIGNED EARLY 20TH CENTURY ANTIQUE CERAMIC FROG BOWL, W/GREEN, BONE WHITE & METALLIC BURNT SIENNA MOTTLED GLAZE DEPICTING A FROG PERCHED ON THE EDGE OF A POND NEXT TO A BLOOMING WATER LILLY 

(Circa 1920-1932)

Weller antique American Arts & Crafts figurative art pottery and ceramic vessels

DIMENSIONS: 

 11 ¼" Length x 7 ¾" Depth x 4" Height (including the frog x 2 ½" Height (Bowl)   

DESCRIPTION:

Extremely rare and in simply outstanding, estate fresh condition. Not only are these early 20th century antique Weller American Arts & Crafts hand decorated ceramic 'frog bowls' hard to find, but to encounter one in this kind of extremely well-preserved condition, is well, almost simply too much to ask. Beyond beautiful. A plaything and personal artifact of the gods. Gorgeous and an exquisite, nearly unparalleled antique Weller piece of American Arts & Crafts ceramic art. Superlative. Incredible glaze, figuration and surfaces make this a memorable, extraordinary work of antique American ceramic art. One magnificent, killer bowl. Clearly signed on the base plate with a black ink Weller Pottery maker's mark stamp. The small episode of bone white ceramic glaze loss on the base plate to the right and top of the Weller Pottery black ink stamp, is the only noticeable, fairly significant instance of appreciable damage to the dish. No attempt has been made to rectify or to correct this condition issue or to professionally restore this affected area. We decided to leave it exactly as we found it where it was discovered in the South Shore Massachusetts estate where it had been, largely undisturbed and perhaps forgotten, for years and years, apparently with only one previous owner. God created bowls and then God created bowls for Himself. Divine.

CONDITION: 

Very Good to Excellent overall antique condition.