Clement Martin, early 20th C A Stoneware Double Bird Jar and Cover
Lot 81
Clement Martin, early 20th C A Stoneware Double Bird Jar and Cover
Sold for £12,600 (US$ 21,327) inc. premium
Auction Details
Clement Martin, early 20th C A Stoneware Double Bird Jar and Cover Martin Bros : Two birds on a base - ESTIMATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Lot Details
Clement Martin, early 20th C
A Stoneware Double Bird Jar and Cover
modelled with one bird holding the other across the shoulder, each looking at the other with a conspiratorial smile, in muted shades of blue and brown, on oval wooden base
17cm high incl. base, incised 'R.W.Martin, London Southall' and 'B 37'

Footnotes

  • Five years after the death of Robert Wallace Martin in 1923, his son, Clement Martin, entered into partnership with H Butterfield and, for some years, produced pieces based on original models and unglazed and unfired pieces left over from the original firm. These pieces tend to lack some of the glazing effects so successfully developed by Walter Martin. However, the current piece displays all the mischievous quirkiness of the earlier models.

    See p.162 and 168 in Malcholm Haslam 'The Martin Brothers Potters', Richard Dennis 1978

    See also lot 162 in Bonhams sale 'Ceramic Design 1860 - 1945', February 2004
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