An early Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Robert Wallace Martin

An early Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Robert Wallace Martin, shouldered form with cylindrical neck, incised with cattle resting by a stream, glazed in shades of blue ochre and brown, below bands of decoration, inscribed to one band 'L C 1876' incised MM 1876 R W Martin London, restored 34cm. high The signature of MM might allude to Mark V Marshall the Doulton Lambeth artist who it is believed worked briefly with the Martin Brothers.