A rare Martin Brothers plaque by Robert Wallace Martin

A rare Martin Brothers plaque by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1882, modelled in relief with Edwin Martin throwing, a bench boy and a wheel boy, incised with inscription The Southall Art Pottery Southall Middlesex Showroom Brownlow St Holborn London, and Engraved Cassells Magazine of Art, September 1882, glazed in brown and white on a buff ground, incised Sculptor R Wallace Martin Southall 1882, the reverse incised Martin Brothers 1883, Richard Dennis label, professional restoration, 42.5 x 18cm.

Literature

The Magazine of Art, September 1882

Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 79 figure 98 for a comparable example.

Provenance

Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, 1978, Richard Dennis, catalogue number 112

Applied Arts, Sotheby's 1988 lot 242.