A rare Martin Brothers stoneware bird-man jar and cover

A rare Martin Brothers stoneware bird-man jar and cover, by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1907, modelled seated with legs raised up to chest and arms holding one leg, with anthropomorphic bird head with hooked open beak, glazed ochre impressed roundel mark, incised R W Martin Southall, 4 1907 to head and base 21cm. high Literature Malcolm Haslam, The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 129 figure 197 for another example The Harriman Judd Collection part II, Sotheby's New York, 6th October 2001, page 42 lot 139 for a comparable example. Provenance The Martin Brothers David Rago, New York City 1995, page 28 catalogue number 97. private collection