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Description

Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers, a small stoneware Christening mug,

the waisted body glazed in shades of green and blue and incised with grotesque fish, the loop handle similarly modelled as a marine cryptid, inscribed 'BORN AT BRADNICH SEPT 16TH 1899', incised 'C. Martin / Southall / 4.19.20' to the underside
8cm high



Provenance:
Sale; Christie's, May 5 1999, lot 101



Fritting/glaze chipping around much of the rim, no other apparent damage or restoration.

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