Martin Ware
Chess Piece
1902 (dated)
1902 (dated)
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| Place of origin |
Chess piece, white pawn. Stoneware. Moulded man's head and shoulders with incised chain-mail vest with black pigment, on a pedestal base. White glaze.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Martin Ware (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware |
| Brief description | White pawn, 'Martin Ware' chess piece, modelled by R. Wallace Martin and made by R.W. Martin & Brothers, London |
| Physical description | Chess piece, white pawn. Stoneware. Moulded man's head and shoulders with incised chain-mail vest with black pigment, on a pedestal base. White glaze. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs Clara Boulnois |
| Object history | Modelled at the suggestion of Mr J.J. Wade , second division clerk at the V&A, who supplied chessmen for the artist's reference. The set was sold to Mrs Boulnois for £20. (Apocryphal). |
| Bibliographic reference | Haslam, Malcolm. The Martin Brothers, Potters. Richard Dennis : London. 133 p., ill. fig. XXIV. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.211O-1921 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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