British Art Pottery - 1st December 2010

Lot 29

A large Martin Brothers stoneware monk-bird jar and cover

Estimate £15,000 - £25,000 | Hammer £23000

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Description

A large Martin Brothers stoneware monk-bird jar and cover, by Robert Wallace Martin, modelled with upright proud stance and protruding stomach, his head feathers shaved, glazed in shades of brown and ochre, on ebonised wood base incised Martin Brothers 10-1895, London & Southall, to head and base 33cm. high Provenance Fine Victorian Ceramics and Glass Christie's King Street July 22nd 1974