Fine Arts and Crafts - 22nd June 2016
Lot 75
A Martin Brothers stoneware teapot and cover by Robert Wallace Martin
Estimate £700 - £1,000 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A Martin Brothers stoneware teapot and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1879, the ovoid body incised with scrolling foliage in shades of blue on a green and brown ground, with tapering cylindrical cover incised 5 7 79 R W Martin, London & Southall, paper collection label, small chips to tip of spout, 17.5cm. high.
Provenance
Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery 1971-1997, on loan.
Sotheby's 8th July 1997 lot 152.
The C E Hanley Collection.