British Art Pottery - 25 Nov 2015
A rare Martin Brothers stoneware Toby jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin
A rare Martin Brothers stoneware Toby jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1890, modelled seated, with ruff collar, glazed green and ochre, highlighted with white, on ebonised wood base, incised to neck Southall 2-1890, applied paper collection label, 14.5cm. high
Provenance
A. H. Forsyth
Literature
Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 84 figure 109 for a comparable example of a Toby dog.