Round Pin Flower Frog
Vintage round Ikebana Kenzan pin-style flower frog; these “bouquet holders” are put at the bottom of a vase, and stems of plants are inserted into the pins to hold flower arrangements in place. “Flower frogs” are so called because like frogs, they sit in water. They came into use in the the West in the late 1880s and were popular from the 1900s through the 1970s—and are still employed by florists and flower arrangers today. Flower frogs are made from metal, ceramic, and glass, often in figurative styles such as people animals and flowers. circa 1960s, steel, 4 inches in diameter x 1 inch tall, 2 ½ pounds in weight.
Vintage round Ikebana Kenzan pin-style flower frog; these “bouquet holders” are put at the bottom of a vase, and stems of plants are inserted into the pins to hold flower arrangements in place. “Flower frogs” are so called because like frogs, they sit in water. They came into use in the the West in the late 1880s and were popular from the 1900s through the 1970s—and are still employed by florists and flower arrangers today. Flower frogs are made from metal, ceramic, and glass, often in figurative styles such as people animals and flowers. circa 1960s, steel, 4 inches in diameter x 1 inch tall, 2 ½ pounds in weight.
Vintage round Ikebana Kenzan pin-style flower frog; these “bouquet holders” are put at the bottom of a vase, and stems of plants are inserted into the pins to hold flower arrangements in place. “Flower frogs” are so called because like frogs, they sit in water. They came into use in the the West in the late 1880s and were popular from the 1900s through the 1970s—and are still employed by florists and flower arrangers today. Flower frogs are made from metal, ceramic, and glass, often in figurative styles such as people animals and flowers. circa 1960s, steel, 4 inches in diameter x 1 inch tall, 2 ½ pounds in weight.