15929966050001312637261000Standard Recordobject-71623170292702134417029085180001702926925199fitz-onlineadlib-object-71623https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/716231d5d7713-3da6-369e-859b-46351f1837f813referenceagent-86113adlib-agent-86113c4f706f1-8036-370b-a6c4-762bd08ee956Martin, Robert Wallacereferenceagent-188539adlib-agent-1885395e10e0ed-940b-3fe1-851b-417cb36fe15eMartin, Edwinreferenceagent-86120adlib-agent-86120fe712ce0-c8c6-3659-9d88-cdbf6d6c6ef6Martin, Walterreferenceagent-188652adlib-agent-1886527e482197-3055-3361-8ccb-03018c7efafdLambeth School of Artalso referred to as E.T. Leeds Smithreferenceagent-207187adlib-agent-207187b29db2c8-4807-3437-a9b3-893fafd4874cSmith, Edward Thurlow Leedsreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-113562adlib-term-1135621d5c7d4f-e938-3888-bbb8-c4db4873d425salt-glazed stonewarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryreferenceterm-132713adlib-term-13271356f1a816-7a94-37a2-a8a9-b4a938819b16Martin warereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherreferenceterm-106692adlib-term-106692ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4woodBase Platereferenceterm-120075adlib-term-12007552ab8602-9259-3aac-b4df-b2392a4d206cturningDepthcm11.5Depthin4.5Heightcm8Heightin3.125Widthcm8.5Widthin3.25LidDiametercm13.3Diameterin5.125Heightcm17.5Heightin6.875BaseDecorationbrown and bluereferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsStoneware 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.201220122012-02-07Stoneware, 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-19281accession numberC.1226 & A-192871623priref71623192519251925old object number4737urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71623https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71623the s of Bros is raisedat back of base and round rim of detachable headincised in scriptMartin Bros London &/Southall/5-1897markinside head of birdMartin Bros. Potters, 16, BROWNLOW ST., HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.labelin the body of the birdMARTINWARE
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 1884labelreferenceagent-164806adlib-agent-16480632ad1dba-2b4e-3170-bad1-91ce6cb808a1The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedthe Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher’s death1897CE1897dated1897potteryreferenceagent-160953adlib-agent-16095370094d45-d632-34e4-b0b6-8f8a19e9d701Martin Brothersmodellerreferenceagent-86113adlib-agent-86113c4f706f1-8036-370b-a6c4-762bd08ee956Martin, Robert WallaceRobert 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 Fitzwilliam collection also contains an unusually large Martin Brothers’ ‘owl’ (height 103cm),which is truer to nature, but also bears a quizzical, human-like, expression (C.41 & A-1928).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).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.referenceterm-108070adlib-term-1080707e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf319th Century, Late#referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-113588adlib-term-1135880692b7b4-b464-3e1d-9c27-b254afe273b1literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralMiddlesexMiddlesexregionSouthallreferenceterm-37110adlib-term-37110ef92f1a8-1400-3fa3-863f-e099781ea442salt-glazereferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewareHeightcm23.2Heightin9.125referencemedia-205007adlib-media-205007646e1086-432a-3bf8-9d03-058614ece4fajpegaa/aa37/C_1226_20_26_20A_1928_1_201208_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1024widthpixels70217029264831721imagejpegaa/aa37/mid_C_1226_20_26_20A_1928_1_201208_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels729widthpixels50017029264831721imagejpegaa/aa37/C_1226_20_26_20A_1928_1_201208_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1024widthpixels70217029264831721imagejpegaa/aa37/preview_C_1226_20_26_20A_1928_1_201208_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels25017029264831721image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110447adlib-term-110447b5b306f0-8487-3931-adc5-7e3f74a279a9tobacco jarreferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurehistory noteBought by Stanley Woolston at a sale by the Executors of Edward Thurlow Leeds Smith JP, (1837-1925) at Sandy, Bedfordshire, on 8 December,1925, for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge, in Cambridge. Dr Glaisher paid £151referenceobject-137205adlib-object-137205e182b632-5bb3-3927-b68d-977e56b83ce51reference1term-91377adlib-term-913776a6b5e14-608d-3da0-9ba2-b16d3351f9c3punch bowlpunch bowl1referenceobject-186310adlib-object-186310d7228d5f-8344-3030-b020-31bc66b766831reference1term-110577adlib-term-110577b3087bcf-c996-37a7-be6a-109aec958c77animal figure groupanimal figure groupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. I, p. 158, no. 1226p. 158referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. p. 169, fig. 16, and text pp. 170 for the provenance of this bird169-70referencepublication-200000972adlib-publication-2000009727f5a96e7-f977-3a54-a682-7562e7be5929James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, ScD, FRS (1848-1928), A Cambridge Mathematician and Collectorreferencepublication-3495adlib-publication-349539579586-2410-312b-8a76-9245eed12060A Catalogue of Martinware formed by Mr F.J. Nettleford, together with a short history of the firm of R. W. Martin and Brothers of Southallreferencepublication-3498adlib-publication-3498d5c03273-2573-365e-9668-869fccc4b9d0English Art Pottery 1865-1915Ref. 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, 167referencepublication-3496adlib-publication-3496a63082e7-deb8-30a6-b744-534fd7a77e40The Martin Brothers, PottersCf. A group of birds of this type, pp. 17-18, lots 37-42 (Estimates ranging from £2,000-8,000).pp. 17-18referencepublication-3499adlib-publication-349995f8fb95-dabf-3186-8319-0a0b32bcdb42Later English and Continental Ceramics, 26th March 1991Cf. 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, 64referencepublication-2771adlib-publication-27719ffa4411-057f-3857-866b-41bd9015f65fFine European Ceramics and Glass, 8th July 1997Cf. p. 55, lot 74, a comparable bird made in 1890. H. 25.3 cm. Estimate $15,000-20,000.55referencepublication-5918adlib-publication-591828969d09-89f9-33b6-9be6-618b2c2f329819th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics & Works of Art, including property formerly from the Palacio Ferreyra, ArgentinaPubl. ill. p. 348348referencepublication-400002358adlib-publication-40000235830ba3516-6530-3e0a-b5ce-fbd68dd906a6Ceramic, Art and Civilisationreferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryanimalreferenceterm-106419adlib-term-1064196a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90birdliteralbirdbirdreferenceterm-110447adlib-term-110447b5b306f0-8487-3931-adc5-7e3f74a279a9tobacco jartobacco jarStoneware 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.referenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-120043adlib-term-1200435cfbfafc-b55f-3261-8e8b-6043f5d90289salt-glazingreferenceterm-120060adlib-term-1200602a6ad93f-460b-3c12-ae60-89a8c8d54a3dhand-modellingWally Birdobject
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