Lot 54
Martin Brothers Unglazed Model of a Dead Parakeet, c.1890

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Provenance:
Richard Dennis, London
Literature:
See Haslam, Malcolm, The Martin Brothers Potters, 1978, p.91: “... A dead parakeet modelled by Wallace had been sent to him by his wife’s brother who had kept the bird as a pet.” and fig.127
Note:
Label affixed to the base reads: “MADE BY ROBERT MARTIN, SOUTHALL. BOUGHT FROM HIM IN 1922 / WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM. HE DIED IN 1923. / J.N.L”