A Martin Brothers stoneware 'monk' bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin

A Martin Brothers stoneware 'monk' bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1912, modelled standing, with short broad beak, forward stare and balding pate, wings tucked behind, glazed in shades of green, blue and brown, with pale blue highlights to wings, on ebonised wooden base incised to head, R W Martin & Bros London & Southall, 17.2.1912,and 5.8.1911 to base, 19cm high