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Martin Ware

Vase
1899 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Martin Brothers (maker)
Place of origin
Southall (made)

Vase of salt-glaze stoneware with incised decoration. Decorated with an orchid flower and leaf pattern glazed in ivory and green on a sparkling black ground. Brown glazed rim. Oviform with a short contracted neck and flaring mouth.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Stoneware
Object type
Vase
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration
Stoneware
Salt Glaze
Wheel-Thrown
Incised
Painted
Brief description
Black 'Martin Ware' vase incised with ivory flowers, salt-glazed stoneware, made by the Martin Brothers, Southall, dated 1899.
Physical description
Vase of salt-glaze stoneware with incised decoration. Decorated with an orchid flower and leaf pattern glazed in ivory and green on a sparkling black ground. Brown glazed rim. Oviform with a short contracted neck and flaring mouth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.4cm
  • Width: 20.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '5-1899 / Martin Bros London & Southall' (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • 'Martin Bros Potters 126, Brownlow St., High Holborn, London' ' (paper label)
  • 'Martin Ware Notices The Times (Leader Dec.22,1885, Pall Mall Gazette Feb 4, 1890, Magazine of Art (illus) Sep.1882, Art Journal -July 1883, British Architect -Nov 1884, 'Chaffers' (New Edition) etc etc etc' (paper label)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Vase 'Martin Ware'
made by the Martin Bros., Southall, Middlesex, England, 1899
Mark: 'Martin Bros London & Southall 5-1899', incised
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration

C.465-1919 The 2nd Lieutenant Francis Bedford Marsh (1914-1918) War Memorial Gift
Credit line
The 2nd Lieutenant Francis Bedford Marsh 1914-1918 War Memorial Gift
Production
Made in May 1899.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Orchid
Leaves
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.465-1919

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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