An early Martin Brothers stoneware jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1874, tapering cylindrical

An early Martin Brothers stoneware jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1874, tapering cylindrical form, incised with a roundel of owls roosting on a branch, above two roundels representing night and day with birds perched on a tree bough, on a jewelled ground cast in low relief, in shades of blue and brown on a buff ground, with white highlights, incised D8 R W Martin, Fulham 8-74, handle off and missing, 26.5cm. high