Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a grotesque stoneware dragon jug, 1901, modelled in relief as a squatting grotesque gargoyle type creature, mouth wide open and tail curled to form the handle, on a square base and wooden plinth, incised marks R W Martin Bros London 1901, 25.5cm high
Provenance: exhibited in Fantasy and the Grotesque: the Pottery of Robert Wallace Martin and the Martin Brothers, Kinghams Auctioneers 27th April - 1st March 2023, number 112
Sold for £11,000
Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a grotesque stoneware dragon jug, 1901, modelled in relief as a squatting grotesque gargoyle type creature, mouth wide open and tail curled to form the handle, on a square base and wooden plinth, incised marks R W Martin Bros London 1901, 25.5cm high
Provenance: exhibited in Fantasy and the Grotesque: the Pottery of Robert Wallace Martin and the Martin Brothers, Kinghams Auctioneers 27th April - 1st March 2023, number 112
Auction: Aesthetic and the Grotesque: a Private Collection of Martin Brothers, Arts and Crafts and Japonesque, 6th Feb, 2025
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