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A very rare Martin Brothers Toby jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1903 image 1
A very rare Martin Brothers Toby jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1903 image 2
Lot 334*

A very rare Martin Brothers Toby jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1903

1 December 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare Martin Brothers Toby jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1903

Modelled seated in a high-backed chair with his feet resting on a cushion, a glass in one hand and a pipe in the other, his face carefully modelled with eyes looking to his left, his buttoned tunic with incised details, 25.2cm high, incised 'R W Martin and Bros. London and Southall. 10.10.03'

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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

A similar jug is in The British Museum (1978,0704.20), probably one of two exhibited at Fulham Public Library 1929. In the exhibition catalogue, Ernest Marsh states that three such jugs were made by Robert Wallace Martin in 1903.

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