A rare Martin Brothers stoneware triple bird group designed by Robert Wallace Martin

A rare Martin Brothers stoneware triple bird group designed by Robert Wallace Martin, the central bird modelled with wings outstretched enveloping the two smaller birds, glazed in shades of blue, green and ochre with aubergine feet overlapping the rounded rectangular base, incised R W Martin & Bros Southall, 13 37 17cm. high, 16.5cm. wide

Provenance

Private collection, formed in the 1970s.

Literature

Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 132 for an earlier example illustrated.