A fine and tall Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin

£20,000 - £30,000 £70,000

A fine and tall Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1899, modelled alert with slightly tilted head, broad beak and staring eyes, with broad claws, glazed in shades of green and brown highlighted with blue, on ebonised wood base incised R W Martin & Bros, 2-1899, London & Southall, paper label to neck 35cm. high