Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a miniature stoneware Barrister bird sculpture, 1913, modelled in a characterful pose, beak open and wings clasped behind, with short wig, incised marks 2.12.13, R W Martin & Bro Southall, 10.5cm high including base
Provenance: Kinghams Richard Dennis Auction, 17th April 2022, lot 135; see Haslam, M . 1978, Martin Brothers Potters, p.154, fig.247 for an illustration of this design
Sold for £9,500
Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a miniature stoneware Barrister bird sculpture, 1913, modelled in a characterful pose, beak open and wings clasped behind, with short wig, incised marks 2.12.13, R W Martin & Bro Southall, 10.5cm high including base
Provenance: Kinghams Richard Dennis Auction, 17th April 2022, lot 135; see Haslam, M . 1978, Martin Brothers Potters, p.154, fig.247 for an illustration of this design
Auction: Fine & Decorative Arts, 8th Mar, 2024
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