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

Martin Ware

Dish
1890 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration of foliate scrolls. Circular with a deep centre on a wide foot. Interior decorated with dragons in the centre, and intertwined flowers and leaves form a border. The underside has brown-black stripes radiating to meet thin black bands running underneath the lip.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration
Brief description
'Martin Ware' dish of salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration, made by the Martin Brothers, Southall, 1890.
Physical description
Dish of salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration of foliate scrolls. Circular with a deep centre on a wide foot. Interior decorated with dragons in the centre, and intertwined flowers and leaves form a border. The underside has brown-black stripes radiating to meet thin black bands running underneath the lip.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'R.W. Martin Bros. / London & Southall / 1-1890' (incised on base)
Gallery label
Dish 'Martin Ware' made by the Martin Bros., Southall, Middlesex, England, 1890 Mark: 'R.W.Martin Bros. London & Southall 1-1890', incised Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration C.3-1976 Miss M.A.M. Hart Bequest(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss M.A.M. Hart
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Fillitz, Hermann (ed.), Der Traum vom Glück : die Kunst des Historismus in Europa, Wien : Künstlerhaus, 1996 16-24
Collection
Accession number
C.3-1976

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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