Arts and Crafts - 6th October 2020
Lot 88
A rare Martin Brothers stoneware Eskimo jug
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A rare Martin Brothers stoneware Eskimo jug, dated 1903, tall cylindrical form, modelled as a bearded man wearing a hooded fur coat, glazed tan and buff with white highlights, incised R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, 20.6.1903, firing crack to body under handle, 37.5cm. high
Provenance
Anne Hull Grundy, thence by descent.
Literature
Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 92 figure 130 for a comparable example illustrated.