Double-sided Face Jug
Datec. 1911
Artist
Robert Wallace Martin
(British potter, 1843–1923)
MediumGlazed stoneware
Dimensions6 × 5 × 5 in. (15.2 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2016
Object number2016-28
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ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextR. W. Martin and Brothers Pottery was a small art pottery business run by the brothers Wallace, Walter, and Edwin Martin. Although the early output of the pottery was more utilitarian in nature, by the 1870s the production became less symmetrical and more natural. Wallace Martin began modeling face-jugs in the late 1880s. While the original inspiration was classical satyr visages, they soon took on an individuality that was entirely unique.
William Wallace Denslow
1897
