Lot 27
 

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Edwin and Walter Martin for Martin Brothers, a large Aquatic stoneware vase, 1898, shouldered form, sgraffito decorated in the round with sea creatures including grotesque and characterful fish, crustaceans and seaweed in a watery ground, incised marks 10-1898 Martin Bros London + Southall, 31.5cm high

Provenance: Richard Dennis Martin Brothers Exhibition 1978, number 324; Bonhams Knightsbridge, 21st September 2011, lot 127

See: Haslam, M. 1978, Martin Brothers Potters, p.123, fig.XXII for an illustration of this vase

Sold for £34,000


 

Edwin and Walter Martin for Martin Brothers, a large Aquatic stoneware vase, 1898, shouldered form, sgraffito decorated in the round with sea creatures including grotesque and characterful fish, crustaceans and seaweed in a watery ground, incised marks 10-1898 Martin Bros London + Southall, 31.5cm high

Provenance: Richard Dennis Martin Brothers Exhibition 1978, number 324; Bonhams Knightsbridge, 21st September 2011, lot 127

See: Haslam, M. 1978, Martin Brothers Potters, p.123, fig.XXII for an illustration of this vase

Auction: Aesthetic and the Grotesque: a Private Collection of Martin Brothers, Arts and Crafts and Japonesque, 6th Feb, 2025

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