A rare Martin Brothers stoneware inkwell modelled as tortoise by Robert Wallace Martin

A rare Martin Brothers stoneware inkwell modelled as tortoise by Robert Wallace Martin, modelled with head out and mouth gaping to form the well, glazed grey and brown with traces of aubergine, incised R W Martin & Bros, Southall B-37 13cm. wide

Literature

Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 62 colour plate IX for an identical inkwell.