A fine Martin Brothers stoneware Aquatic vase and cover by Edwin and Walter Martin

A fine Martin Brothers stoneware Aquatic vase and cover by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1896, shouldered form, incised and painted with grotesque fish, jelly fish, crabs and aquatic creatures swimming amongst waterweed, a large lobster at the base of the vase, in shades of brown, cream and black on a pale mushroom ground, the flat circular cover with raised limpet knop, incised 10 1896 Martin Bros London & Southall, Martin Brothers paper label, Richard Dennis Exhibition label, 20cm. high

Provenance

Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis 1978, catalogue number 302.

Exhibited

Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis 1978,

Gorgeously Grotesque, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 2003 catalogue number 95

Fantasies in Clay, Martin Brothers Art Pottery, Blackwell, 2008

Literature

Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis publications, page 125 figure 193 this actual vase illustrated.