About this lot

Description

Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers, a stoneware spoon warmer, 1881,

glazed in shades of brown and green, modelled as a grotesque creature with squinting eyes and a large gaping mouth, the bridge of the nose rolling back to form a loop handle, painted marks to rear and incised marks to underside
15.5cm high

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



Condition report:

Inspected under UV light, no apparent restoration, a firing crack to the base (see images), another to the inside of the handle, a couple of minor glaze blisters and bruises, a glaze miss to the nose.

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