A tall and impressive Martin Brothers stoneware gourd vase by Edwin and Walter Martin

A tall and impressive Martin Brothers stoneware gourd vase by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1905 shouldered form, modelled in relief, with incised veins, glazed blue and green on a tan ground, incised 2 1905 Martin Bros London & Southall, 22cm. high

Provenance

Charles de Grunchy. De Grunchy was one time architect master at the Royal Academy Schools and is listed as a patron on the Martin Brothers. He loaned pots (probably gourds) to the Fulham exhibition of pots and prints, 1929.

John Radcliffe

Exhibited

Gorgeously Grotesque, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 2003, catalogue no. 9.

British Studio Pottery From Bernard Leach to Lucie Rie, Chichester Cathedral (Pallant House), 2005, catalogue number 1.

Fantasies in Clay, Martin Brothers Art Pottery (1873-1923), Blackwell The Arts and Crafts House, Bowness, 2008.

Literature

Dr Jeffrey Jones Studio Pottery in Britain 1900-2005, A & C Black Publishers, page 34 this vase illustrated. Page 35 includes an identical vase, in unfired state, is shown in a portrait photograph of Walter Martin in the studio, circa 1900.