Andrew Muir

R. W Martin brothers DOUBLE FACE JUG C.1903

£4900.00

  A Martin Brothers stoneware face jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1903, modelled to one side with a smiling face, the reverse and more smug grin, glazed brown with white and black highlights, incised 1-1903 R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, paper label numbered 78, 7" tall by 6.5" wide. GUARANTEED to be free from damage or restoration. Provenance Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis, 1978 catalogue number 459. Christie's South Kensington, circa 1980. Exhibited Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis, 1978 catalogue number 459. Martin Brothers, Tokyo exhibition, 1979. Gorgeously Grotesque, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 2003, catalogue number 103.