A large and impressive Martin Brothers stoneware face jug by Robert Wallace Martin

A large and impressive Martin Brothers stoneware face jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1902, modelled on one side with a smiling face, the reverse modelled with pursed lips, glazed tan and brown, highlighted with black and white, incised 5 1902, R W Martin & Bros London & Southall, 21cm. high

Provenance

A.J. Collis collection, Phillips, 2nd March 1954.

Sotheby's Belgravia, 20th January 1972 lot 77 purchased by Richard Dennis.

Jeremy Cooper, purchased by Daryl in 1982.

Exhibited

Gorgeously Grotesque, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 2003 catalogue number 104.

Literature

E Lloyd Thomas Victorian Art Pottery, Guild Art, page 183 figure 22.

Geoffrey Godden British Pottery, Barrie & Jenkins, page 319.