Tobacco jar — Martin Ware, Martin Brothers, London, 1906
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1906
Tobacco jar — Martin Ware, Martin Brothers, London, 1906 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1906. The museum's brief description reads: 'Martin Ware' tobacco jar, salt-glazed stoneware; made by R.W.
Martin & Brothers, England (London), dated 1906.. Museum description: Tobacco jar of whitish stoneware, covered with clouded yellow and brown glazes. Depressed globular form, with wide mouth. Decorated with vertical tapering ribs. The museum record gives material recorded as stoneware, salt glaze; measurements Height 5.4 cm; Diameter 11.4 cm; place associated: London. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- stoneware, salt glaze
- Dimensions
- Height 5.4 cm; Diameter 11.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Salt-glazed stoneware
- Place recorded
- London
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- '12-1906 / Martin Bros. / London & Southall'
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco jar
- Museum object number
- C.489-1919
- Museum system number
- O151555
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.