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A MARTIN BROTHERS STONEWARE GROTESQUE FIGURAL SPOON WARMER
Lot 47

A MARTIN BROTHERS STONEWARE GROTESQUE FIGURAL SPOON WARMER

1888

Closed30 September 2021

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A MARTIN BROTHERS STONEWARE GROTESQUE FIGURAL SPOON WARMER
1888
Modelled in the form of a toad, glazed in tones of green and brown, incised 'R.W. Martin/SOUTHALL/11.1888' and 'Martin & Brothers/ London & Southall'
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) high

Purchased from Richard Dennis, November 1989.

Specialist note

For similarly modelled examples of grotesque spoon-warmers from the 1880s see, M. Haslam, The Martin Brothers Potters, London, 1978, p. 62 and p. 96.