British Art Pottery - 27th November 2019
Lot 10
A fine Martin Brothers stoneware Dragon vase by Edwin and Walter Martin
Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £9500
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Description
A fine Martin Brothers stoneware Dragon vase by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1899, shouldered form, incised and painted with large ferocious Oriental dragons fighting, in brown, highlighted in white on a mushroom ground, incised 5-1899 Martin Bros London & Southall, 32cm. high
Provenance
Classic Arts and Crafts, Christie's South Kensington, 2nd November 2000 lot 57.
Exhibited
Gorgeously Grotesque, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 2003, catalogue number 77.
Literature
Michael Jeffery Arts and Crafts Style, Pavilion Books, page 113 this vase illustrated.