A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin

£6,000 - £10,000

A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1911, modelled standing upright with forward contemplative gaze, broad beak and talon claws, glazed in green and ochre highlighted in blue, on an ebonised wood base, incised marks, R W Martin & Bros London & Southall 22.6.1911, hairline crack to head, minor glaze chips, 21.5cm. high