Martin Ware
Dish
1890 (dated)
1890 (dated)
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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
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| Object type | |
| Title | Martin 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. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'R.W. Martin Bros. / London & Southall / 1-1890' (incised on base) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss M.A.M. Hart |
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| 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 created | March 31, 2008 |
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