A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin

A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1884, modelled standing with big claw feet, casting a sideways glance, the broad beak painted with brown spots, glazed in shades of green and brown highlighted in white, on ebonised wood base, signed to the head R W Martin London & Southall 5-84, painted panel to back R W Martin London, minor chips to side of beak, and back rim of body, 28cm. high

Provenance

William Augustus Chaplin thence by descent.