16 Oct 2012
11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Decorative Arts from 1860 - Ceramic Design
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Decorative Arts from 1860 - Ceramic Design
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Martin Brothers
A Substantial Floor Vase with Panels of Birds, 1876
of baluster form, the body incised with four panels, one depicting a pair of cranes fishing for frogs, one with swallows and their young being watched by a snake, one with two eagles in flight fighting over a fish, and the fourth with four birds in a coastal landscape, enclosed by incised and moulded foliate borders, in tones of blue and buff, with applied handles to the shoulder
105cm high, incised 'R. W. Martin London 8.1876' (restoration)
of baluster form, the body incised with four panels, one depicting a pair of cranes fishing for frogs, one with swallows and their young being watched by a snake, one with two eagles in flight fighting over a fish, and the fourth with four birds in a coastal landscape, enclosed by incised and moulded foliate borders, in tones of blue and buff, with applied handles to the shoulder
105cm high, incised 'R. W. Martin London 8.1876' (restoration)
Sold for
£3,125
inc. premium
Category: Decorative Arts / 20th Century Decorative Arts
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