Owl Punch-Bowl, by the Martin Brothers

An image of Owl. Martin Brothers, Southall. Martin, Robert Wallace (British, 1843-1923). Stoneware jar and lid, modelled in the shape of an owl, painted with cream, grey and brown coloured slips, and salt-glazed, height, whole, 103cm, diameter, whole, 35.5cm, height, head, 38.5cm, 1903.

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Owl. Martin Brothers, Southall. Martin, Robert Wallace (British, 1843-1923). Stoneware jar and lid, modelled in the shape of an owl, painted with cream, grey and brown coloured slips, and salt-glazed, height, whole, 103cm, diameter, whole, 35.5cm, height, head, 38.5cm, 1903.

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Accession Number: C.41 & A-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 690 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 543.50kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:09:11 14:34:15

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20th Century birds bowl British ceramics Edwardian English feathers Fitz_AA glazed Martin Brothers owls punch bowl Robert Wallace Martin salt-glazed stoneware vessel wine vessel zoomorphic

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