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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Martin Ware

Vase
May-07 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware vase with wide neck and round foot. Incised with four crabs, snails and jellyfish, horizontal 'water' marks. Blue, grey and brown glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration and coloured glazes
Brief description
'Martin Ware' vase decorated with crabs, snails and jellyfish, salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration and coloured glazes, made by Martin Bros., Southall, 1907
Physical description
Stoneware vase with wide neck and round foot. Incised with four crabs, snails and jellyfish, horizontal 'water' marks. Blue, grey and brown glazes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
  • Width: 18cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '5-1907 / Martin Bros / London & Southall' (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • '10' (label on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Martin Ware' made by the Martin Bros., Southall, Middlesex, England, 1907 Mark: 'Martin Bros London & Southall 5-1907', incised Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration and coloured glazes C.7-1976 Miss M.A.M. Hart Bequest(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss M. A. M. Hart
Collection
Accession number
C.7-1976

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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