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

Martin Ware

Bowl and Cover
1887 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl and cover, of salt-glazed stoneware. Depressed globular body with spreading moulded foot, short cylindrical neck moulded with arcading wide mouth. The cover is domed and has a depressed globular knob. The body and cover are incised with a design of stylised interlaced foliage coloured dark green on a pale greenish brown ground; a dark blue band at neck and foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase Body
  • Vase Cover
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration
Brief description
Martin Ware' bowl and cover, greenish black and blue salt-glazed stoneware; made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Southall, dated 1887
Physical description
Bowl and cover, of salt-glazed stoneware. Depressed globular body with spreading moulded foot, short cylindrical neck moulded with arcading wide mouth. The cover is domed and has a depressed globular knob. The body and cover are incised with a design of stylised interlaced foliage coloured dark green on a pale greenish brown ground; a dark blue band at neck and foot.
Dimensions
  • With lid height: 16.5cm
  • Width: 14.2cm
Gallery label
Bowl & Cover 'Martin Ware' made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Southall, Middlesex, England, dated 1887 C.1153&A-1917 Given by Alfred. R. Holland Esq.(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Alfred R. Holland, Esq.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1153&A-1917

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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