Arts & Crafts - 18th June 2014
Lot 185
A rare Martin Brothers terracotta Seven Ages of Man mirror frame by Robert Wallace Martin
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A rare Martin Brothers terracotta Seven Ages of Man mirror frame by Robert Wallace Martin, cast and incised in relief with seven portraits, inside interlinked foliage, signed to the back of the glass RWMartin Pomona House, Fulham SW 32.5cm. diam.
Literature
Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 28 figure 24 for a comparable frame dated carved in 1869 which corresponds to the Pomona House period.