Russell Crook studio pottery sculptures/bookends of frogs. One says “The Heavenly Strains” and the other “Melody in F Minor”. They measure about 6 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches and 5 inches wide. In excellent condition, there are no chips, cracks, or repairs. Signed on the bottom in blue glaze. Excellent examples from a rare Arts & Crafts New England art pottery. Russell Crook worked by himself in Lincoln MA. He was an early member of the Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston and studied with Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and John Henry Twachtman and communicated with Charles Binns. He attended the Arts Students League in NY, and the Pennsylvania Institute of Art. Among his other accomplishments, he designed tiles for Grueby and created the fountain in Center Harbor NH.