A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin

A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, tall slender stance with sly half open eyes, in shades of pale brown, blue and green on a buff ground, on ebonised wood base incised R W Martin & Bros London & Southall 27.6.1904 to head and body, repair to top rim of body 29cm. high Provenance Sotheby's London 8th July 1997 lot 173