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Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers, a grotesque stoneware jug or spoon warmer, circa 1880, modelled as a fantastical beast, the double gourd body with wide open bearded snarling mouth, coiled tail handle and two hooved front feet, partially incised marks RW Martin, London + Southall, 22cm high Note: a very similar example is illustrated in the Isaeblle Anscombe catalogue of Boobie, Boojums and Snarks, Ceramic Curiosities of the Martin Brothers 1880-1914, 1981, Richard Dennis, p.49, fig.65