This lovely Walrath flower frog measures 6" high by 4.5" across by 4.25" in diameter. It depicts a female nude, in a simple Arts & Crafts presentation. She is kneeling on a platform with one arm extended, with her hand clasped as if clutching a blossom. She is set on a flower frog base, a simple, yet wonderful design. This flower frog is glazed in very organic glazes, with the Nude in an organic oatmeal-colored glaze, peppered in gray flecks, on a medium blue flower frog base, both finished in a mat sheen. She is marked 'Walrath' under the base in an incised manner, and guaranteed to be original Walrath Pottery. She is in original studio condition, with a scuff in the glaze at the bottom edge, and a no harm glaze bubble in her extended hand, both shown in the photos. Walrath produced several designs as flower frogs, and this one is quite nice.
Frederick Walrath (1871-1921)
Studio potter Frederick Emery Walrath studied with Charles Fergus Binns at the School of Clay-Working and Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York from 1901-1903. He subsequently taught at the Chautauqua Institution and the University of Chicago’s School of Education. In 1907 he moved to Boston, Massachusetts to develop glaze formulas for the Grueby Faience Company. The following year, he moved to Rochester,New York to teach at the Mechanics Institute. In 1918 he was hired as chief ceramic chemist at Newcomb Pottery in New Orleans.His ceramics are characterized by subtle conventionalized floral motifs on matte-glazed pottery. His work was awarded a bronze medal at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis and displayed at a 1909 arts and crafts exhibition in Buffalo.