1592960977000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-77065 1747160287176 1711373204000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-77065 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77065 3f7935da-28ce-38af-aeb5-9bf90c862c88 6 reference agent-86113 adlib-agent-86113 c4f706f1-8036-370b-a6c4-762bd08ee956 Martin, Robert Wallace reference agent-86120 adlib-agent-86120 fe712ce0-c8c6-3659-9d88-cdbf6d6c6ef6 Martin, Walter reference agent-188539 adlib-agent-188539 5e10e0ed-940b-3fe1-851b-417cb36fe15e Martin, Edwin reference agent-188652 adlib-agent-188652 7e482197-3055-3361-8ccb-03018c7efafd Lambeth School of Art 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 Decoration reference term-26908 adlib-term-26908 93db4eba-7855-3a51-a5b6-3c0d8390f722 incising Applied Arts 2012 2012 2012-03-13 Carved, salt-glazed stoneware plinth Square, 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-1928 1 accession number C.41B-1928 77065 priref 77065 1924 1924 1924 Glaisher M/S Vol.26 old entry number 4451 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77065 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77065 Incised in script on the topside: ‘R W Martin, Southall, Middx’ top of plinth incised in script R W Martin, Southall, Middx mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest reference agent-159757 adlib-agent-159757 3b1cc2ff-326a-3830-b720-f6372a7059b2 Glaisher, J.W.L. 1928 1928 1928 bequeathed Entry date: 1928-12-07 1903 CE 1903 The owl which stands on the plinth is dated 1903 1903 pottery reference agent-160953 adlib-agent-160953 70094d45-d632-34e4-b0b6-8f8a19e9d701 Martin Brothers 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 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. reference term-109008 adlib-term-109008 841b18bd-944d-3c9c-8d39-bdaabbcc28e1 20th Century, Early reference term-14261 adlib-term-14261 5079a5e6-5ae1-39a4-899d-9b7558106e32 Edwardian reference term-113588 adlib-term-113588 0692b7b4-b464-3e1d-9c27-b254afe273b1 literal England England country literal Middlesex Middlesex region Southall reference term-42825 adlib-term-42825 858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39d stoneware Depth cm 36 Depth in 14 Height cm 30 Height in 11.75 Width cm 36 Width in 14 reference media-49231 adlib-media-49231 e143ba3a-1f0b-3882-890b-6db16905b8be jpeg aa/aa11/GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742583830705 1 image jpeg aa/aa11/mid_GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 362 width pixels 500 1742583830705 1 image jpeg aa/aa11/GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742583830705 1 image jpeg aa/aa11/preview_GL_C_41A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 181 width pixels 250 1742583830705 1 image 0 media image reference media-49232 adlib-media-49232 eaed2707-a57b-335e-b616-85fa0e1d8dcc jpeg aa/aa11/GL_C_41A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742583762011 1 image jpeg aa/aa11/mid_GL_C_41A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 362 width pixels 500 1742583762011 1 image jpeg aa/aa11/GL_C_41A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742583762011 1 image jpeg aa/aa11/preview_GL_C_41A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 181 width pixels 250 1742583762011 1 image 1 media image reference term-49467 adlib-term-49467 673f096a-c845-3892-8521-d139d2d6aefb plinth history note Robert 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, Cambridge 1 reference object-137205 adlib-object-137205 e182b632-5bb3-3927-b68d-977e56b83ce5

1 reference 1 term-91377 adlib-term-91377 6a6b5e14-608d-3da0-9ba2-b16d3351f9c3 punch bowl

punch bowl reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-7362 adlib-publication-7362 62b664e0-46c6-3459-b42d-8b41d41197c1 Extensive collection of Martin ware; old English furniture, 24th October 1924 Publ. text and illustration relating to the owl 122-3 reference publication-1030 adlib-publication-1030 9cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0 Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Pottery Ref: 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, 109-115 reference publication-3498 adlib-publication-3498 d5c03273-2573-365e-9668-869fccc4b9d0 English Art Pottery 1865-1915 reference publication-3496 adlib-publication-3496 a63082e7-deb8-30a6-b744-534fd7a77e40 The Martin Brothers, Potters 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 term-42688 adlib-term-42688 4df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdf Art Pottery

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plinth Stoneware, rolled and carved and with incised decoration, unglazed. reference term-132716 adlib-term-132716 67f20c6c-0e15-3563-896c-b85cfd51e2a3 hand building reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving object OBJECT