The Martin Brothers, a relief moulded stoneware Aquatic vase, 1890, square section ovoid shouldered form, each side with characterful and grotesque fish and sea creatures in a watery ground, incised marks 8-1890 Martin Brothers London + Southall, 19cm high
Provenance: Richard Dennis Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition 1978, number 228; John Scott collection, 1978; illustrated in Haslam, M. 1978, Martin Brothers, p.97 fig.142; exhibited in Fantasy and the Grotesque: the Pottery of Robert Wallace Martin and the Martin Brothers, Kinghams Auctioneers 27th April - 1st March 2023, number 44
Sold for £19,000
The Martin Brothers, a relief moulded stoneware Aquatic vase, 1890, square section ovoid shouldered form, each side with characterful and grotesque fish and sea creatures in a watery ground, incised marks 8-1890 Martin Brothers London + Southall, 19cm high
Provenance: Richard Dennis Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition 1978, number 228; John Scott collection, 1978; illustrated in Haslam, M. 1978, Martin Brothers, p.97 fig.142; exhibited in Fantasy and the Grotesque: the Pottery of Robert Wallace Martin and the Martin Brothers, Kinghams Auctioneers 27th April - 1st March 2023, number 44
Auction: Aesthetic and the Grotesque: a Private Collection of Martin Brothers, Arts and Crafts and Japonesque, 6th Feb, 2025
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