Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a stoneware foliate and insect vase, 1897, shouldered ovoid form, sgraffito decorated with poppies and various insects including bees, caterpillar and beetles, on a black ground, incised marks Martin Bros 6-1897 London + Southall, 24.5cm high

Note: see Sotheby's Belgravia 23rd April 1982, lot 225 for the companion vase to this, of the same design and date