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An early Martin Brothers stoneware jug

by Robert Wallace Martin, with three panels each depicting a woman painted in blue wearing medieval dress, the first playing a mandolin, the second holding a sheaf of wheat, the third her dress adorned with circle and cross emblems or the Celtic cross symbol. Each woman is separated by Medieval archways, the handle moulded like an antler or horn, the top of the jug decorated with seven bands of geometric symbols, and the whole vessel glazed in shades of green and blue on a buff ground

Incised C10 R W Martin Fulham 6/74

Circa 1873 - 1874

19.5 cm high

Small repaired flake off inner rim