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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
1886 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase on round pedestal foot. Stoneware. Incised with scrolling flower and foliage pattern, on a brown glaze ground. Saltglaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMartin Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware, incised and painted
Brief description
Brown saltglaze stoneware 'Martin Ware' vase with foliate pattern, 'made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Southall, 1886
Physical description
Vase on round pedestal foot. Stoneware. Incised with scrolling flower and foliage pattern, on a brown glaze ground. Saltglaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '9-1886 / RW Martin & Bros / London & Southall' (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • 'R.W. MARTIN & BRO'S/ ART POTTERS / 16, BROWNLOW ST, / HIGH HOLBORN.' (Maker's mark label on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Martin Ware' made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, Southall, Middlesex, England, 1886 C.1155-1917 Given by Alfred. R. Holland Esq.(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Alfred R. Holland, Esq.
Collection
Accession number
C.1155-1917

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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