A Martin Brothers saltglaze stoneware hexagonal face mask - the smiling face set within a rounded depression in the clay.
Height - 2 1/2ins x 2 1/4ins.
Date - Incised signature - Martin Bros London.Undated - probably c1890.
Condition - Very good - one minor chip on underside base rim.
Price - £325.
A rare Martin Brothers saltglaze stoneware wall pocket modelled as the face of a woman in a bonnet - grey,blue,brown glazes.
Length - 5 3/4ins.
Date - c1875-1880.Incised R.W.Martin Southall.
Condition - Excellent.
Price - £750.
A good pair of Martin Brothers grotesque wall brackets - each with scrolling decoration below the canted plinth and terminating with a smiling face - apparently of a knight in chain mail.
Length - 5 1/2ins.Width at top - 4 1/2ins.
Date - c1880.incised R.W.Martin.
Condition - Excellent.
Price - £1350 each.
A good pair of Martin Brothers wall brackets.
Size - see above.
Date - c1880. incised R.W.Martin.
Condition - Excellent.
Price - £1350 each.
A good Martin Brothers saltglaze stoneware jardiniere of vegetable/organic form - the heavily ribbed body glazed in various shades of brown,green and cream.
Height - 8ins.Diameter 8ins.
Date - Fully incised signature to base Martin & Bros London & Southall 1.1.1901.
Condition - Good professional restoration to body.
Price - £775.
A beautiful Martin Brothers saltglaze stoneware jug with floral sprays to each side.Coloured cream and green against a brown ground.
In the centre of the jug are initials C E and the name BROOKSBY HALL 1882.
From research it seems that Brooksby Hall is now an agricultural college formerly owned by the First Admiral of the Fleet during WW1.
Height - 9ins approx.
Date - 1882.
Condition - Perfect.
Price - £1150.
A superb Martin Brothers square sided saltglaze stoneware vase decorated with an elaborate design of flowers and foliage in tan glazes against a brown ground.Four loop handles to the neck.
Height - 9ins approx.
Date - Inscribed signature to base and dated 7-1892.
Condition - Perfect.
Price - £2400.
A good Martin Brothers saltglaze stoneware vase decorated with a profusion of plants and flowers against a pale buff ground.
Height - 7 1/2ins Diameter - 6ins.
Date - 4 - 1890.
Condition - Perfect.
Price - £1850.
A superb and rare Martin Brothers face jug modelled as John Barleycorn.The smiling face surrounded by strands of corn in a matt light brown salt glaze.Loop handle to rear.
Height - 7 ins.
Date - Incised R W Martin & Bros Southall signature to base - undated - probably c1890.
Condition - Perfect.Scorch mark to reverse side near base.
Price - £3950.
A group of three Martin Brothers saltglaze stoneware tiles decorated with scrolling foliage - two fit together - the third matches well but clearly one tile missing from the sequence.Signed on the decoration of one of the tiles.
Size - each tile 5 3/4ins sq.Depth - 1 1/8ins.
Date - 1895.
Condition - Generally good - some slight chips to edges.
Price - £350 each.
A Martin Brothers saltglaze stoneware tile with grotesque dolphin heads.
Size as above.
Date - 1895.
Condition - Good - chip to bottom front edge.
Price - £350.
