Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a stoneware Barrister face jug, 1902, modelled in relief with the characterful face of a lawyer to each side, wearing a short wig, each with a quizzical expression, incised marks 5-1902 R W Martin + Bros London + Southall, 21cm high
Provenance: Christie's, London, 29th October 1998, lot 204; Exhibited at Kinghams Auctioneers: Fantasy and The Grotesque, 25th March - 1st April 2023, number 79
Sold for £8,000
Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a stoneware Barrister face jug, 1902, modelled in relief with the characterful face of a lawyer to each side, wearing a short wig, each with a quizzical expression, incised marks 5-1902 R W Martin + Bros London + Southall, 21cm high
Provenance: Christie's, London, 29th October 1998, lot 204; Exhibited at Kinghams Auctioneers: Fantasy and The Grotesque, 25th March - 1st April 2023, number 79
Auction: Fine & Decorative Arts, 24th Jul, 2025
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