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

Martin Ware

Jug
1874 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of stoneware, decorated in relief and glazed. Wheel-thrown barrel body, flared neck, round foot, and squared hand-built handle. Decorated in relief with horizontal bands of fans, scrolls, crosses, interweaving foliage, vertical strips of flowers, and circles around foot. Blue and brown glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware decorated in relief and glazed
Brief description
Ovoid jug of stoneware, decorated in relief and glazed, made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Fulham Pottery, London, 1874.
Physical description
Jug of stoneware, decorated in relief and glazed. Wheel-thrown barrel body, flared neck, round foot, and squared hand-built handle. Decorated in relief with horizontal bands of fans, scrolls, crosses, interweaving foliage, vertical strips of flowers, and circles around foot. Blue and brown glazes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.5cm
  • Width: 14cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'RW Martin / Fulham' (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • 'MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY 3574' (label on base)
  • '2' (Incised)
  • '274' (Incised)
Gallery label
Ewer 'Martin Ware' made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Fulham Pottery, London, England, 3769-1901(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Fulham Pottery
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
3769-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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