A pair of early Martin Brothers stoneware vases by Robert Wallace Martin

A pair of early Martin Brothers stoneware vases by Robert Wallace Martin, each incised with cranes in a landscape between geometric borders, the reverse with parrot, ducks and other birds, in shades of blue and green on an ochre ground incised R W Martin London 12-74, D37 and D38, restored top rims 31.5cm. high Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters Richard Dennis Publications, page 44 figure 45 for a variation of this vase illustrated, also dated 1874.