"Wally Bird" Tobacco Jar"

The Martin brothers were intensely interested in surface decoration. They made almost any type of ware from clock cases to table wares to jardini�res. Their most celebrated wares are the sculptural bird-headed tobacco jars. For many years the Martins worked almost exclusively in salt-glazed stoneware which results in the distinctive semi-matt, speckled surface and a limited colour range of browns, blues and greens. They usually added incised decoration and applied ornament.