A rare Martin Brothers stoneware cameo vase by Edwin and Walter Martin

A rare Martin Brothers stoneware cameo vase by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1898, shouldered form with flaring neck, the vase covered in a matt blue glaze, sgraffito carved with two birds flying amongst clematis flowers, incised 10 - 1898, Martin Bros London & Southall, 24.5cm. high

Provenance

Purchased at Bermondsey Market in November 1979

Exhibited

Gorgeously Grotesque, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 2003, catalogue number 98.

Literature

Judy Rudoe Decorative Arts 1850-1950 A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, page 199 catalogue no.184. for a comparable vase illustrated.