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

Martin Ware

Vase
1904 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of buff stoneware, with incised decoration of fishes glazed brown on a green ground. Four-sided with irregular surface rounded base and circular mouth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration
Brief description
'Martin Ware' vase, salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration of fish; made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, England (Southall), dated 1904.
Physical description
Vase of buff stoneware, with incised decoration of fishes glazed brown on a green ground. Four-sided with irregular surface rounded base and circular mouth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.7cm
  • Width: 7.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '4-1904 / Martin Bros / London & / Southall' (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • 'MARTIN BROS / POTTERS / 16, BROWNLOW ST., HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON' (label on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Martin Ware' made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Southall, Middlesex, England, C.896-1917 Given by Mr Herman Hart(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.896-1917

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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