Posted 8 years ago
Aprilee
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I don't know anything about this and I don't see any markings anywhere. It's very heavy, iron maybe, and measures about 7.5" long x about 3.5" tall.
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Posted 8 years ago
Aprilee
(1 item)
I don't know anything about this and I don't see any markings anywhere. It's very heavy, iron maybe, and measures about 7.5" long x about 3.5" tall.
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Go to Google Images and type in "frog pulling snail shell". You will see a number of them.
I've looked online and on Google Images, but I couldn't find any that matched exactly in the way it looked, the size, and being so heavy.
Not everything is on the web. :-)))
If the color is a deep patina over reddish gold, then it is made of bronze. You may not find the exact one, but there are enough of them there which are 95% the same, so I would label this planter as also being from Japan. This one has tiny hitchhiker frog rather than a snail.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/277964926/antique-japanese-iron-frog-pulls-snail?ref=market
https://www.etsy.com/listing/277964926/antique-japanese-iron-frog-pulls-snail?ref=market
Oops didn't mean to post the link twice...
Thanks for the link, I don't think I saw that one, it is very similar.
Such a wonderful piece of art. I love it a lot!