A rare Martin Brothers stoneware gourd perfume flask by Edwin and Walter Martin

A rare Martin Brothers stoneware gourd perfume flask by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1906, flattened disc form, incised with sprays of prunus in blue and ochre on a buff ground, incised 1906 Martin Bros London & Southall, 6.5cm. high

Provenance

Ernest Marsh collection. This vase is illustrated in one of Marsh's own photographs (held in the Twyman collection), dated 25th May 1916)

Woolley and Wallis Auctioneers, 17th January 1980 lot 290.

Exhibited

Gorgeously Grotesque Worthing Museum & Art Gallery, 2003, catalogue number 31.