A Martin Brothers stoneware pond by Robert Wallace Martin

A Martin Brothers stoneware pond by Robert Wallace Martin, incised with panels of scrolling foliage with dragon masks, in shades of brown, comprising sixteen architectural panels, incised R W Martin & Bros London & Southall, two panels replaced, paper lot label,110cm. wide, 25cm. high. (16)

Provenance

20th Century Decorative Arts 25th May lot 269.

Private collection.

Literature

20th Century British Decorative Arts Christie's South Kensington, 28th October 1998 lot 205 for a comparable pond commissioned by Sir Samuel Hoare in 1884 for his house in Cromer.