R. W. Martin & Brothers - Martinware New York Tuesday, December 15, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    John Frederick Cheetham, Cheshire, UK
    The Astley Cheetham Art Collection, Stalybridge, UK
    Dennis Attewell, Esq., UK
    Sotheby’s, London, "Fine European Ceramics and Glass," July 8, 1997, lot 167
    Private collection, UK

  • Literature

    Malcolm Haslam, The Martin Brothers Potters, London, 1978, illustrated p. 150, fig. 239

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present lot was loaned by The Astley Cheetham Art Collection from 1971-1997 to the City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK.

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Grotesque and fantastic creature jar and cover

March 1899
Salt-glazed stoneware, ebonized wood.
11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) high
Collar incised with Martin Bros/London + Southall/3-1899, base incised with Martin Bros London/+ Southall and underside of plinth with applied inventory paper label Cheetham/Collection/M.W/80.

Estimate
$60,000 - 90,000 

Sold for $87,500

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Meaghan Roddy
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Martinware

New York Auction 15 December 2015 11am