Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a rare stoneware grotesque tobacco jar and cover

Robert Wallace Martin (1843-1923) for Martin Brothers, a rare stoneware grotesque tobacco jar and cover, dated March 1900, the seated grotesque grasping its protruding chest with its long bony fingers and pointed nails, eyes narrowed above a grimace, with shaved monk`s pate, the rim of the lid with incised marks R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall 3-1900, the underside of the base similarly marked 13.5cm high Literature: A version of this design of jar and cover can ben see in Malcolm Haslam; The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 150 fig. 240