Arts and Crafts - 17th June 2015
Lot 57
A rare Martin Brothers plaque by Robert Wallace Martin
Estimate £6,000 - £10,000 | Hammer £13000
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Description
A rare Martin Brothers plaque by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1882, modelled in relief with Edwin Martin throwing, a bench boy and a wheel boy, incised with inscription The Southall Art Pottery Southall Middlesex Showroom Brownlow St Holborn London, and Engraved Cassells Magazine of Art, September 1882, glazed in brown and white on a buff ground, incised Sculptor R Wallace Martin Southall 1882, the reverse incised Martin Brothers 1883, Richard Dennis label, professional restoration, 42.5 x 18cm.
Literature
The Magazine of Art, September 1882
Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 79 figure 98 for a comparable example.
Provenance
Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, 1978, Richard Dennis, catalogue number 112
Applied Arts, Sotheby's 1988 lot 242.