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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Martin Ware

Vase
1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware vase, with flattened round rim, ribbed, applied vertical strips. Bands of crackled glaze. Green and ivory glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with coloured glazes
Brief description
'Martin Ware' vase, salt-glazed stoneware with coloured glazes, probably made by Edwin Martin at Martin Bros., Southall, 1903
Physical description
Stoneware vase, with flattened round rim, ribbed, applied vertical strips. Bands of crackled glaze. Green and ivory glazes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.3cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'11-1903 / Martin Bros / London & Southall' (Maker's mark incised on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Martin Ware' probably Made by Edwin Martin, made by the Martin Bros., Southall, Middlesex, England, 1903 Mark: 'Martin Bros London & Southall 11-1903', incised Salt-glazed stoneware with coloured glazes C.468-1919 The 2nd Lieutenant Francis Bedford Marsh (1914-1918) War Memorial Gift(23/05/2008)
Credit line
The 2nd Lieutenant Francis Bedford Marsh 1914-1918 War Memorial Gift
Bibliographic references
  • Arts Décoratifs de Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande. 1914. p. 30. Catalogue of the Louvre Exhibition held in the Pavillion de Marsan, April - October 1914.
  • Honey, William Bowyer. English Pottery & Porcelain. London : Black, 1947. 240 p., ill. pl. XXIV(b)
  • Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
C.468-1919

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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