A large and impressive Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, the

A large and impressive Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, the tall slender bird with long legs and claw feet, wings tucked in and long tail feathers, broad beak and deep carved, staring eyes, with thick plumage eyebrows, glazed in shades of green, brown, tan and ochre with flashes of blue and white highlights, on ebonised wooden base, incised R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall to neck and Martin Bros London & Southall to base, minor professional restoration, 41cm. high (2)

Provenance

Harriman-Judd, Sotheby's New York.

Literature

Garth Clark, The Potter's Art, Phaidon, page 125 this bird jar illustrated.