1592996605000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-71623 1752602705639 1724166968000 1752602690710 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-71623 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71623 1d5d7713-3da6-369e-859b-46351f1837f8 14 reference agent-86113 adlib-agent-86113 c4f706f1-8036-370b-a6c4-762bd08ee956 Martin, Robert Wallace reference agent-188539 adlib-agent-188539 5e10e0ed-940b-3fe1-851b-417cb36fe15e Martin, Edwin reference agent-86120 adlib-agent-86120 fe712ce0-c8c6-3659-9d88-cdbf6d6c6ef6 Martin, Walter reference agent-188652 adlib-agent-188652 7e482197-3055-3361-8ccb-03018c7efafd Lambeth School of Art also referred to as E.T. Leeds Smith reference agent-207187 adlib-agent-207187 b29db2c8-4807-3437-a9b3-893fafd4874c Smith, Edward Thurlow Leeds reference term-42825 adlib-term-42825 858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39d stoneware reference term-113562 adlib-term-113562 1d5c7d4f-e938-3888-bbb8-c4db4873d425 salt-glazed stoneware reference term-42688 adlib-term-42688 4df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdf Art Pottery reference term-132713 adlib-term-132713 56f1a816-7a94-37a2-a8a9-b4a938819b16 Martin ware reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood Base Plate reference term-120075 adlib-term-120075 52ab8602-9259-3aac-b4df-b2392a4d206c turning Depth cm 11.5 Depth in 4.5 Height cm 8 Height in 3.125 Width cm 8.5 Width in 3.25 Lid Diameter cm 13.3 Diameter in 5.125 Height cm 17.5 Height in 6.875 Base Decoration brown and blue reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-115 adlib-term-115 94d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8 Nature Applied Arts Stoneware tobacco jar, hand-modelled onto a press-moulded body into the shape of a grotesque bird, painted in cobalt blue and brown, and salt-glazed. 2012 2012 2012-02-07 Stoneware, hand-modelled onto a press-moulded body, painted in cobalt blue and brown and salt-glazed. the jar is in the form of a grotesque bird. The cover, modeled to form the head, has a lower rim which sits within the body of the lower part; the base of which is fixed with nails onto a turned, circular wooden base-plate. There are incisions through the clay which serve as the pupils of the eyes, and at the top of the beak. The bird has a large brown beak, curved downward at the tip, its head is tipped slightly to one side and the eyes modeled to give it a comically wise expression. It has brown and blue plumage, with tufts of feathers around the eyes. The feathers are splayed onto the base at the back; the legs, painted with a yellow-brown stripe, each end with three toes spread across the base at the front. The makers mark with the date 5-1897 is incised in black script across the back of the base. C.1226 & A-1928 1 accession number C.1226 & A-1928 71623 priref 71623 1925 1925 1925 Glaisher MS Catalogue Vol.39 old object number 4737 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71623 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71623 the s of Bros is raised at back of base and round rim of detachable head incised in script Martin Bros London &/Southall/5-1897 mark inside head of bird Martin Bros. Potters, 16, BROWNLOW ST., HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. label in the body of the bird MARTINWARE NOTICES:- THE TIMES (LEADER) DEC 22 1885 PALL MALL GAZETTE FEB 4 1890 MAGAZINE OF ART (ILLUS) SEP 1882 ART JOURNAL JULY 1883 BRITISH ARCHITECT NOV 1884 label reference agent-164806 adlib-agent-164806 32ad1dba-2b4e-3170-bad1-91ce6cb808a1 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928-12-07 bequeathed the Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher’s death 1897 CE 1897 dated 1897 pottery reference agent-160953 adlib-agent-160953 70094d45-d632-34e4-b0b6-8f8a19e9d701 Martin Brothers modeller reference agent-86113 adlib-agent-86113 c4f706f1-8036-370b-a6c4-762bd08ee956 Martin, Robert Wallace This is one of a many examples of Martin Brothers’ ‘Wally Bird’ tobacco jars, the earliest made around 1880. Perhaps originally following in the tradition of English pottery ‘owl’ jugs and jars, the birds acquired a striking anthropomorphic quality, which in some becomes a caricature of human ‘types’ (such as ‘The Judge’) or known personalities, such as the Prime Minister, Gladstone. At the time they were made, such caricatures were popular in illustrations, an example being H Stacy Marks’ painting of storks in human attitudes, published in the Magazine of Art in 1878. Robert Wallace Martin (1843-24) and his brothers Walter (1857-1912) and Edwin (1860-1915) were amongst the first ‘artist-potters’ of the late nineteenth century. They designed, made and decorated their own ornamental salt-glazed stoneware, originally using facilities at C.J.C.Bailey’s Fulham Pottery and, briefly, at Shepherd’s Bush. In 1877, they opened their own pottery at Southall, Middlesex, and by 1882 were producing some 5,000 pieces a year. Wallace had originally trained as a sculptor, exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy and elsewhere from c.1863. His younger brothers had learned their skills at Doulton’s, Walter as a thrower and chemist, Edwin as a decorator. Modelled work is generally attributed to Wallace, but otherwise it is thought that the three learned from each other, exchanging skills and sharing roles. A fourth brother, Charles (1846-1910), sold the products – known as ‘Martin-ware’ – from a shop at Brownlow Street, London. The Wally Birds, so called because they were modelled by Robert Wallace Martin, are a particularly good example of the brothers’ working together. Both Edwin and Walter Martin drew caricatures of humans as birds, both in pencil and watercolour, and Charles modified the lids so they could be turned from side to side (Haslam, 1978, p.91). 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animal figure group reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. I, p. 158, no. 1226 p. 158 reference publication-1031 adlib-publication-1031 a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55ed Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Publ. p. 169, fig. 16, and text pp. 170 for the provenance of this bird 169-70 reference publication-200000972 adlib-publication-200000972 7f5a96e7-f977-3a54-a682-7562e7be5929 James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, ScD, FRS (1848-1928), A Cambridge Mathematician and Collector reference publication-3495 adlib-publication-3495 39579586-2410-312b-8a76-9245eed12060 A Catalogue of Martinware formed by Mr F.J. Nettleford, together with a short history of the firm of R. W. Martin and Brothers of Southall reference publication-3498 adlib-publication-3498 d5c03273-2573-365e-9668-869fccc4b9d0 English Art Pottery 1865-1915 Ref. debates the origin of Wally Bird designs, also numerous illustrations of Wally Birds, notably pp.88,112; for mark, see p. 167. pp. 85-91, 112, 167 reference publication-3496 adlib-publication-3496 a63082e7-deb8-30a6-b744-534fd7a77e40 The Martin Brothers, Potters Cf. A group of birds of this type, pp. 17-18, lots 37-42 (Estimates ranging from £2,000-8,000). pp. 17-18 reference publication-3499 adlib-publication-3499 95f8fb95-dabf-3186-8319-0a0b32bcdb42 Later English and Continental Ceramics, 26th March 1991 Cf. p. 61, lot 164, 1890. Estimate £6,000-9,000; p. 64, lot 174, 1890s. Estimate £7,000-10,000; p. 65, lot 177, 1907. Estimate £5,000-7,000. pp. 61, 64 reference publication-2771 adlib-publication-2771 9ffa4411-057f-3857-866b-41bd9015f65f Fine European Ceramics and Glass, 8th July 1997 Cf. p. 55, lot 74, a comparable bird made in 1890. H. 25.3 cm. Estimate $15,000-20,000. 55 reference publication-5918 adlib-publication-5918 28969d09-89f9-33b6-9be6-618b2c2f3298 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics & Works of Art, including property formerly from the Palacio Ferreyra, Argentina Publ. ill. p. 348 348 reference publication-400002358 adlib-publication-400002358 30ba3516-6530-3e0a-b5ce-fbd68dd906a6 Ceramic, Art and Civilisation reference publication-8985 adlib-publication-8985 0e800b13-2cdf-3b67-bdfe-66e087e71dc4 Fine Arts and Crafts including Martinware reference term-42688 adlib-term-42688 4df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdf Art Pottery animal reference term-106419 adlib-term-106419 6a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90 bird literal bird bird

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tobacco jar Stoneware tobacco jar and cover, hand-modelled onto a press-moulded body into the shape of a grotesque bird, painted in cobalt blue and brown, and salt-glazed; the base fixed with nails onto a turned, circular wooden base-plate. reference term-120085 adlib-term-120085 68c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714 press-moulding reference term-120043 adlib-term-120043 5cfbfafc-b55f-3261-8e8b-6043f5d90289 salt-glazing reference term-120060 adlib-term-120060 2a6ad93f-460b-3c12-ae60-89a8c8d54a3d hand-modelling object OBJECT