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An extremely rare and probably unique, tall grotesque figural ewer or spoon/ladle warmer by Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers dated 1880. The stoneware ewer is of tall cy...

An extremely rare and probably unique, dish applied with two open-mouthed quasi-simian creatures arm-wrestling created by Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers and dated 1884...

A rare and important pair of stoneware grotesque amphibious creature andirons by Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers dating from the mid 1870’s. This pair of unrecorded figur...

A rare Martin Brothers miniature stoneware art pottery vase decorated in brown glazes by Walter Martin and believed to date from the 19th century. This lovely little vase is of rounded bulbous with a narrow rounded foot and a funnel shaped neck with rounded opening. The vase is decorated in brown glazes with a slight textured finish in places with an exposed underlying white glaze revealed around the foot and top rim. The vase is marked partially indistinctly with a W M mark to the base. The vase is offered in good condition. Provenance: acquired from an extensive private Martin Brothers pottery collection. From the private collection of a Belgium based gentleman British Art Pottery...

Possibly a rare early experimental piece a black unglazed pottery double face mug by R W Martin and dating from the 19th century. The mug is thickly potted a...

A rare and early stoneware oil lamp base incised with butterflies by Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers dating from around 1873 when Martin Brothers were founded. The tall oil lamp...