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

Martin Ware

Vase
21/05/1883 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, rounded body. Stoneware, incised all over with a sextagonal grill pattern, each cell impressed (stamped) with a small brown flower with blue centre. Beige, brown and blue glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, incised, impressed and painted
Brief description
Round 'Martin Ware' vase impressed all over with small flowers in grill pattern, made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Southall, 1883
Physical description
Vase, rounded body. Stoneware, incised all over with a sextagonal grill pattern, each cell impressed (stamped) with a small brown flower with blue centre. Beige, brown and blue glazes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.2cm
  • Width: 19cm
Marks and inscriptions
'21.5.83 / Martin Bros London & Southall' (Maker's mark incised on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Martin Ware' made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Southall, Middlesex, England, 1883 267-1891(23/05/2008)
Object history
Purchased for £2/-/-.
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
267-1891

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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