26th Feb, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

20th Century Design

 
  Lot 54
 

54

A Stoneware Tobacco Jar and Cover in the Form of a Bird, by Robert Wallace Martin, 1902, modelled with a sly expression, its feathers picked out in tones of blue, mounted on its original ebonised wood base, 19cm excluding wooden base, both the collar and the base incised Martin Bros London & Southall 3-1902.

Purchased from Silvia Powell Decorative Arts, 8 June 2000, Invoice No. 9267 for a " Martin Bros Bird figure, detachable head, dated 1902 No Restoration".

Sold for £15,000
Estimated at £15,000 - £20,000


 

A chip approximately 1cm long to the rim of the head with a hairline, 0.3cm long. Glaze nick on eyebrows. Light crazing.

 


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Auction: 20th Century Design, 26th Feb, 2022

 

The 20th Century Design Sale incudes a wide range of pieces from some of the leading makers and designers of the period, with highlights from Martin Brothers, Eric Ravilious, Edward William Godwin, Christopher Dresser and Arne Jacobsen. In addition, there is a good selection of furniture and furnishings by Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson and the Yorkshire Critter Carvers. 

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