"#2531 Stoppered Bottle with 'Camouflage-Toe" Ghost Frogs

Title: 
"#2531 Stoppered Bottle with 'Camouflage-Toe" Ghost Frogs

Notice of Upcoming Content and Access Change

The Museum is working on the future of our online collections access. A new version will be available later in 2023. During this transition period, the current version of the Collections Browser may have reduced functionality and data may be not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For any questions or concerns, please contact us.

What is AAT?

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More

Object Name: 
Bottle with Stopper
Title: 
"#2531 Stoppered Bottle with 'Camouflage-Toe" Ghost Frogs
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
87.4.56
Dimensions: 
(a,b) H: 22.1 cm, W: 9.8 cm, D: 7.4 cm (with lower frog on side)
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1983
Credit Line: 
Anonymous gift
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass with dry satt iridescence, opaque blue/black; blown, manipulated, flame-worked, iridized. Cylindrical shape with onion dome stopper; stopper: blown, salt-fumed with solid elongated tip; stopper inscribed: "JFN #2531"; topped with applied hot worked frog with protruding eyes with black and fumes inclusions, frog crouches and tips of toes arc flame-work applied blue-black dots that merge with overall decoration of dots; vessel is thick walled, cylinder with stepped; neck and solid tapered, applied base; body decorated with applied frog whose blue-black toes merge with spiral of dots wrapping around body from neck to base, overall fumed mottling except for base; base is slightly concave with applied button over pontil; inscribed in script on base: "John Nygren #2531"; inscribed and hot-stamped: "JFN 1983".
Provenance: 
Anonymous Source
1987-09-03
Anonymous Source
1987-09-03
Category: 
Inscription: 
John Nygren #2531 1983
signature
Arte de vidriocontemporaneo usando el soplete (2006) illustrated, p. 38, top left;
Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame (1997) illustrated, p. 18;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 30 (1988) illustrated, p. 115, #38; BIB# AI20606