A Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Edwin & Walter Martin, dated 1882, tapering form with applied fin handles, incised and painted with a martin bird flying past grasses, in green and blue on a buff ground, incised 12.5.82 Martin London, applied Harriman Judd and W&W auction labels 12.5cm. high Provenance Harriman Judd Collection, Sotheby's Online British Art Pottery Woolley and Wallis Auctioneer's, 25th November 2009, lot 16. Private collection.

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