What in the heck is a flower frog? History says several things but one of the answers I give is that a patent was issued in the 1940s where it listed that this was a holder of flowers and sat in water like a...
Aloha to all you Hawaiians and Hawaiians at heart! Giving a lei to someone can mean friendship, love, or just simply Aloha. Special feelings and meanings go into making a lei, especially one that becomes a...
This is a Flower Frog that has been coined a "candlelite". And here is the best story I know to tell about it. In the late 1940's and early 1950's New Martinsville Glass Manufacturing Company out of New...
This is one of the coolest vintage flower frogs you can collect. This is the story of the HAIRPIN. Continuing the search for the perfect flower arranger, people were interested in the success story of Ida...
The Reynolds Floral Arranger is full of design concepts. Patented sometime in the late 1940's, this really gave the housewife a road map to perfect arrangements. Shown here with the original box, there was an...
As with any other collectible, the beauty of a flower frog is in the eye of the beholder. Flower frogs can be whimsical, classical glass beauties such as the Cambridge figural draped ladies, or a one of a kind...
Japanese flower arranging is an art form and to my knowledge is called Ikebana. Kenzan is japanese for the needle pin metal flower frog used by most people who do ikebana. A sharp as they are referred to is a...
The Loop ArrangerThe Loop Flower Holder or Arranger is contributed to Jay P Orben of New York on December 3 1935. The bottom of the piece is marked with J.P. O. Patd. It is 4.5"hight and the base is 3" in...
The largest number of patents for flower arrangers came in the 1930's. The earliest patent for a metal type flower arranger was issued to William Stuck at Dazey Manufacturing during the year 1916. By 1930's...
There is nothing more beautiful than a flower garden. However, you do not want it to turn into a big expense each year. Therefore, a rustic flower garden may possibly be just what you are looking for, to help...