Eskimo Martin Brothers
Eskimo Jug with Cover 1903
The only one known with a cover. An Eskimo Jug and cover sculptured by Robert Wallace Martin,
14th July 1903.
Salt-glazed stoneware, in the form of a huddled fur-coated figure with removable hat, in a high glaze,
14 1/2 in ( 36.2 cm ) high.
Eskimo Jugs were inspired by the popular excitement at the time of the Polar Expeditions.
incised: R.W. Martin & Bros London & Southall 14.7.1903
Exhibited at the Master Piece Collection, London 2013 Sinai & Sons