An early Martin Brothers salt-glazed stoneware charger

An early Martin Brothers salt-glazed stoneware charger

1889
Incised ‘R.W. Martin & Brothers 10-1889 London & Southall’
34.6 cm diam

The silver-shaped charger incised on the rim through a dark brown ground with Renaissance-style grotesques emerging from dense foliage. The raised central boss with a cruciform floral design on a light brown ground. On the reverse the footrim pierced in 4 places for wall suspension.

Literature – Illustrated in : The Martin Brothers Potters, Malcolm Haslam, p. 70, fig.84 .

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