25th May, 2023 10:00
The Art & Design Sale
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Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers, a small stoneware Christening mug
the waisted body glazed in shades of green and blue and incised with grotesque fish, the loop handle similarly modelled as a marine cryptid, inscribed 'BORN AT BRADNICH SEPT 16TH 1899', incised 'C. Martin / Southall / 4.19.20' to the underside
8cm high
Provenance:
Sale; Christie's, May 5 1999, lot 101
Sold for £420
Condition Report
Fritting/glaze chipping around much of the rim, no other apparent damage or restoration.
Auction: The Art & Design Sale, 25th May, 2023
