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Signed Martin Brothers tobacco jar with aquatic designs. The…
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Launceston
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29-Mar-2008
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Signed Martin Brothers tobacco jar with aquatic designs. The Martin Brothers factory was founded by Robert Wallace Martin (1843-1923). By the late 1860s the first workshop was opened, making terracotta sculptures. In 1873, a new pottery was opened with his brothers, Charles, Walter and Edwin Martin in Fulham. In 1877 they moved to Southall, where they made salt-glazed stoneware with Gothic Revival influences, known as ‘Martinware’. The Martin Brothers became famous for their eccentric, grotesquely modelled ‘Wally Birds’, wheel-thrown and sculpted face jugs. After various difficulties, including a serious fire in 1910 and deaths in the family, the company closed in 1915
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Ceramics: Martin Bros.