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

A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, modelled standing with his chest puffed up, casting a sideways glance and his broad beak slightly open, glazed in shades of green and brown highlighted with white, on ebonised wooden base, signed to neck rim and base Martin Bros London & Southall 25.5cm. high Provenance Decorative Arts and Design from 1870 Sotheby's Olympia, 29th May 2003, lot 343. private collection.