Martin Ware Bird Tobacco Jar and Cover
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1913
This object is a Martin Ware tobacco jar and cover fashioned in the form of a bird, set upon an ebonised wooden stand. The bird stands upright with its feet placed together and its wings folded down along its back. The head is detachable, serving as the cover for the jar.
The jar is made of salt-glaze stoneware that has been incised with feather patterning and painted with splotches of green and blue over an off-white ground. Recorded dimensions include a diameter of 60 mm and a height noted as 12.9 cm (or 135 mm). The piece was made in Southall, England, by the Martin Brothers (R.W. Martin & Brothers) and is dated 1913.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The piece was given to the museum by Miss N.V. Wade.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Salt-glaze stoneware, painted and incised, and on a wooden stand
- Dimensions
- Height: 12.9 cm; Height: 135 mm; Diameter: 60 mm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Martin Brothers
- Place recorded
- Southall
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Martin Ware
- Museum object number
- C.30-1974
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.