About this lot

Description

Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers, a rare stoneware jug, 1881,

glazed in shades of ochre and brown and modelled as a grotesque bird-like creature with a fierce, toothy grimace, the spiny neck rising from an ovoid body and connecting to a loop handle, incised marks to underside
21cm high

Provenance: Acquired by the present owner from a private American collection



Condition report:

Inspected under UV light, a large section of professional restoration to the body, no other apparent damages or repairs.

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