15929609770001312637261000Standard Recordobject-77065170249420025715948523500001702494118656fitz-onlineadlib-object-77065https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/770653f7935da-28ce-38af-aeb5-9bf90c862c885referenceagent-86113adlib-agent-86113c4f706f1-8036-370b-a6c4-762bd08ee956Martin, Robert Wallacereferenceagent-86120adlib-agent-86120fe712ce0-c8c6-3659-9d88-cdbf6d6c6ef6Martin, Walterreferenceagent-188539adlib-agent-1885395e10e0ed-940b-3fe1-851b-417cb36fe15eMartin, Edwinreferenceagent-188652adlib-agent-1886527e482197-3055-3361-8ccb-03018c7efafdLambeth School of Artreferenceterm-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 wareDecorationreferenceterm-26908adlib-term-2690893db4eba-7855-3a51-a5b6-3c0d8390f722incisingApplied Arts201220122012-03-13Carved, salt-glazed stoneware plinthSquare, carved and unglazed pedestal (almost a cube), with three arched pillars over an openwork oval trellis pattern on each of its sides. The corners are filled with a carved pattern which mimics the oval trellis.There are incised outlines to the main edges, and traces of tool markings and brown, blue and green colours on the sides. The top is flat and undecorated, except for the maker’s name incised in script; it has a waisted and chamfered edge, 4cm deep. The bottom is roughly made with a large circular hole in the middle. The whole is discoloured and marked as if it has been stored outside.C.41B-19281accession numberC.41B-192877065priref77065192419241924old entry number4451urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77065https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77065Incised in script on the topside: ‘R W Martin, Southall, Middx’top of plinthincised in scriptR W Martin, Southall, Middxmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-159757adlib-agent-1597573b1cc2ff-326a-3830-b720-f6372a7059b2Glaisher, J.W.L.192819281928bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-071903CE1903The owl which stands on the plinth is dated 19031903potteryreferenceagent-160953adlib-agent-16095370094d45-d632-34e4-b0b6-8f8a19e9d701Martin BrothersRobert 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 owl, 103 cm high, is also in the Fitzwilliam collection.The plinth was made to support a punch bowl, made to resemble an owl, which modelled by (Robert) Wallace Martin at the Martin Brothers' pottery in Southall. It remained there until it was sold to Dr Glaisher at the 1924 sale which followed Wallace’s death the previous year. The condition of the plinth suggests that it may have been kept in the garden for some years.referenceterm-109008adlib-term-109008841b18bd-944d-3c9c-8d39-bdaabbcc28e120th Century, Earlyreferenceterm-14261adlib-term-142615079a5e6-5ae1-39a4-899d-9b7558106e32Edwardianreferenceterm-113588adlib-term-1135880692b7b4-b464-3e1d-9c27-b254afe273b1literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralMiddlesexMiddlesexregionSouthallreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewareDepthcm36Depthin14Heightcm30Heightin11.75Widthcm36Widthin14referencemedia-49231adlib-media-49231e143ba3a-1f0b-3882-890b-6db16905b8bejpegaa/aa11/GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162821574901imagejpegaa/aa11/mid_GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162821574901imagejpegaa/aa11/GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162821574901imagejpegaa/aa11/preview_GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162821574901image0media
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imagereferenceterm-49467adlib-term-49467673f096a-c845-3892-8521-d139d2d6aefbplinthhistory noteRobert Wallace Martin (d. 1923); sold Sotheby's, 24 October, 1924, 'Extensive collection of Martin ware; old English furniture: the whole remaining stock of finished pieces of the Martin factory, the property of R.W. Martin Esq. (deceased). Sold by order of the administrator', lot 68; the owl and plinth bought by Cyril Andrade for £25 for Dr Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge1referenceobject-137205adlib-object-137205e182b632-5bb3-3927-b68d-977e56b83ce51reference1term-91377adlib-term-913776a6b5e14-608d-3da0-9ba2-b16d3351f9c3punch bowlpunch bowlreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-7362adlib-publication-736262b664e0-46c6-3459-b42d-8b41d41197c1Extensive collection of Martin ware; old English furniture, 24th October 1924Publ. text and illustration relating to the owl122-3referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English PotteryRef: pp.48-55: article on the Martin Brothers Pottery by Cosmo Monkhouse, ‘Some Original Ceramicists’, The Magazine of Art, V, 1882, p.443; and pp.104-112: Anon, ‘Developments in Martinware’ The Studio, XLII, 1908, pp.109-115]48-55, 109-115referencepublication-3498adlib-publication-3498d5c03273-2573-365e-9668-869fccc4b9d0English Art Pottery 1865-1915referencepublication-3496adlib-publication-3496a63082e7-deb8-30a6-b744-534fd7a77e40The Martin Brothers, Pottersreferencepublication-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 Southallreferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryreferenceterm-49467adlib-term-49467673f096a-c845-3892-8521-d139d2d6aefbplinthplinthStoneware, rolled and carved and with incised decoration, unglazed.referenceterm-132716adlib-term-13271667f20c6c-0e15-3563-896c-b85cfd51e2a3hand buildingreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingPlinth for Owl punch bowlobject
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