A rare Martin Brothers stoneware Grotesque vase by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1880, modelled as a bamboo bowl on ebonised base of four grotesque creatures, each modelled with grimacing faces, glazed in colours, incised R W Martin London & Southall, 4.5.1880 to base and Martin London to side of bowl, firing cracks and minor chips, applied exhibition label, 23cm. wide, 17.5cm. high Provenance The Spearman collection of Martin Brothers Potttery. Exhibited Robert Wallace Martin Potter, Sculptor, Artist, Woolley and Wallis, 13-22nd June 2023, exhibition number 73.

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