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Click here to subscribeA Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1891, slender, shouldered form, incised with finches flying and perched amongst apple blossom, in green, brown and white on a buff ground incised 1-1891 R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, repaired neck, small loss to top rim, 23.5cm. high
A Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Edwin & Walter Martin, dated 1891, ovoid with everted rim, incised with dragonflies and insects flying amidst wild flowers, in shades of green, blue and white on a buff ground, painted St Andrews Hall Norwich 10-1897 Martin Bros London & Southall, 16.5cm. high Catalogue Notes The inscription suggests this vase was made, or decorated, by the brothers on a demonstration visit to Norwich in 1891. St Andrews Hall held an exhibition of industry in 1891, organised by Sir Samuel Hoare which the brothers participated. In 1891 Robert Wallace also modelled Will Childerhouse - The Norwich Bellman - who announced the Industrial exhibition.
A rare enamelled metal Symbolist vase by Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA, tapering cylindrical form with waisted cylindrical neck, enamelled in shades of green with a pair of figures flanked by mermaids, signed HvH in the enamel, cast HvH inside laurel wreath to base, rd no.387036, 24.5cm. high Catalogue notes Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA (1849-1914) Best known as a Victorian portraitist and social realist painter, Herkomer was also a restless polymath. Born in Bavaria, his family went first to America before settling in Britain. Largely self-taught, he began his working life as an illustrator for, amongst others, The Graphic. Settling in Bushey, Hertfordshire, he founded his own successful school of art in and around his home, Lululaund, a distinctive building in the Bavarian style designed by the American architect, Hobson Richardson. The entrance portal survives and has recently been renovated. His financial success gave him the freedom to be constantly exploring and experimenting with new media. In the 1890s he was much taken by the challenge of enamelling as an artistic medium, establishing in his garden an enamelling workshop, staffed by experienced workers acting as his assistants. He made some examples himself. Later items such as these vase forms were decorated in his studio with his various designs of allegorical subjects. Classical in inspiration, they reflect his admiration for the symbolist work of G. F. Watts. The Bushey Museum also has examples. Bibliography Spielmann, Marion H. 'Professor Herkomer as a Painter in Enamels' Magazine of Art (1899) 105-112, 163-167. Edwards, Lee MacCormick (1999) Herkomer a Victorian Artist, Aldershot: Ashgate 128-130.
A rare enamelled metal Symbolist vase by Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA, tapering cylindrical form with waisted neck, enamelled with Proserpine seated on a thrown holding a pomegranate out to a standing Aesculapius figure, the reverse with a leopard signed HvH in the enamel, cast HvH mark inside laurel wreath to base, rd no.386421 24.5cm. high * We would like to thank Christopher Jordan for preparing the footnote on Hubert Von Herkomer for these lots.*
A Martin Brothers stoneware Aquatic gourd vase by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1914, shouldered form, incised with fish, snails and an eel glazed green and brown on a green ground incised 2-1914 Martin Bros London & Southall, Kiln Kiss to side of vase 8.5cm. high Provenance Decorative Arts Phillips London, 1995
A fine large Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Edwin & Walter Martin, dated 1900, shouldered form, applied with four eels biting the rim, forming handles, the body incised with jelly fish, glazed brown on a buff ground incised 11 - 1900 Martin Bros London & Southall, small glaze chip to one eel tail, professionally restored top rim, 28cm. high
A Martin Brothers stoneware gourd vase by Edwin & Walter Martin, dated 1907, shouldered, swollen form painted olive green with white spots and blue highlights, incised 3-1907 Martin Bros London & Southall 8cm. high Provenance Richard Dennis A Potted History, Bonhams 12th March 2008 lot 54.
A Martin Brothers stoneware gourd vase by Edwin & Walter Martin, dated 1907, ovoid form incised and modelled with vertical ribs to the shoulder, glaze green and brown on a buff ground incised 6-1907 Martin Bros London & Southall, 5.5cm. high Provenance Richard Dennis A Potted History, Bonhams 12th March 2008 lot 56.
A Martin Brothers stoneware gourd vase by Edwin & Walter Martin, dated 1899, veined ovoid form, painted in shades of brown with fine horizontal veins incised 1-99 Martin Bros London, restored neck, paper collection number, 7.5cm. high Provenance Richard Dennis A Potted History, Bonhams 12th March 2008 lot 56.
A James Couper & Sons Clutha glass vase designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, the dimpled ovoid body with tall cylindrical neck with everted rim, applied with spiral thread, green glass with streak, air bubbles and aventurine inclusions, unmarked, minor losses to the thread 32.5cm. high Literature The Best of British Sotheby's/Paul Reeves 20th March 2008 lot 51 for a comparable vase.
A Burmantoft's Faience Anglo-Persian bottle vase designed by Leonard King, model D.180, ovoid body with tall, tapering neck, painted with Persian flowers and foliage in shades of blue, turquoise, aubergine and green on a white ground impressed and painted marks, professionally restored to neck 34cm. high
A good Doulton Lambeth stoneware vase by Hannah Barlow, shouldered form, incised with a frieze of hounds chasing a wild boar amongst grasses, the shoulder incised with puppies and kittens playing amidst stiff leaf border, glazed in shades of black, green and blue on a buff ground, another Doulton Lambeth vase by Hannah Barlow incised with galloping horses and a Doulton vase decorated with seaweed scroll impressed mark, incised monogram, damages 25cm. high (3)
'The Waning of the Honeymoon' a rare Doulton Lambeth vase designed by George Tinworth, modelled as a hare bride and groom seated, their backs to each other, either side of a large Doulton vase, glazed in shades of green, blue and brown impressed mark, incised ES monogram, two small glaze chips to the top rim, 17cm. high
Pair of Franz Bergmann (Austrian 20th Century) cold-painted Bronze Pheasants, Vienna, Austria. A male and female, each polychrome painted in yellow, red, blue and white. Both with Bergman B vase mark to underside of tails, the female also stamped 'Nam Greb'. Male: length 40 cm, height 26 cm. Female: length: 36 cm, height 20 cm.
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