pottery frogs

Here are my two darling pottery frogs ... measuring about 6" long and about 3" high. They are nearly identical with subtle differences - one has pupils, one has deep nostrils, front legs positioned slightly different on each ...

I had become resigned that they would simply remain a mystery since there are no impressed marks in their red clay bases ... but the other day I noticed that one has a tiny remnant of a paper label on his belly!

Since I've witnessed you (plural) make some amazing ID's on items, I figured it couldn't hurt to let you see them and the label fragment.

Here's hoping they look familiar to someone.
- Kat

 

Hi,
Perhaps one just got too hot in the kiln and slightly sagged. I love your frogs and as to the partial label I see Iroquois.
greg

 

I think Greg might be on to something with the label. (I have a memory of another piece with a similar label but could be wrong.)

I LOVE these. I think the closed eyes on frog #2 are deliberate. Look at the second photo, you can see the lid etched in.

Adorable.

 

I like them. i think they are tree frogs and should be hung on wall or tree.

 

Greg - as in the Iroquois China Co. that made dinnerware? Or is there another Iroquois that used red clay with a paper label? Google keeps returning N.A. pottery and bead work ... might have to start using the "-" symbol to weed these out. Thanks for giving me a possibility to search for.

 

It does look like one eye is closed (but only the one) ... maybe he's winking

 

Ha ha ... GIANT tree frogs!