British Art Pottery - 30th November 2016
Lot 47
A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover designed by Robert Wallace Martin
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £5500
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Description
A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover designed by Robert Wallace Martin, the bird with piercing staring eyes, his wings tucked back, his clawed feet on domed ceramic base, glazed in shades of green and ochre on later carved wooden base incised R W Martin & Bros Southall to collar and base, firing cracks and faults 23cm. high
Provenance
Private collection, formed in the 1970s