British Art Pottery - 3rd December 2024
Lot 19
A large Martin Brothers stoneware Aquatic jardiniere by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1886,
Estimate £2,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £3780
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Description
A large Martin Brothers stoneware Aquatic jardiniere by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1886, shouldered form with inverted top rim, incised and painted with grotesque fish swimming amongst waterweed, in ochre, highlighted with white on a buff ground, incised 1-1886 R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, filled firing cracks to base, restored firing crack to top rim,
42cm. wide.
26cm. high
Provenance
Purchased by the vendor from Richard Dennis, in the 1960s.
Private collection.