An early Martin Brothers stoneware ewer by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1874, made at Fulham,

An early Martin Brothers stoneware ewer by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1874, made at Fulham, swollen form, incised with a panel of three owls perched on an oak bough, the reverse with a panel of a flying bird, inside impressed floret ground, the neck with shield RWM, the applied handle with a lion mask to the base, glazed blue, brown and white on a buff ground, with applied metal rim and cover, incised I RWMartin Fulham, London 5/74, old repair to handle, 30cm.high

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This is probably the first example of Robert Wallace Martin's depictions of a family of birds, here the three owls huddled together as a family.