Martin Brothers: career timeline
1873–1914 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 54 lots (56% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | 5 | $1.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1890s | 8 | 7 | $6.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1900s | 14 | 9 | $1.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1910s | 2 | 1 | $1.4kSign up | Other |
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1880s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $10.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 5 in (29 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
1884 FACES VASE, 1884$9.5kSign up
1884 SLEEVE VASE, 1884$1.6kSign up
1884 Vase, June 1884Unsold
1885 'Snakeskin' vase$878Sign up
1888 PAIR OF VASES, 1888$1.2kSign up
1889 'Wally Bird' tobacco jar and cover$38kSign up
1890s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $6.9kSign up
- Average
- $11.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 5.5 in (22 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (3)
1892 Large vase$1.6kSign up
1893 'Renaissance' vaseUnsold
1896 Vase$6.9kSign up
1896 PITCHER, 1896$3.9kSign up
1897 'Wally Bird' tobacco jar and cover$24.2kSign up
1897 Vase$1.1kSign up
1898 'Wally Bird' tobacco jar and cover$25.9kSign up
1899 'WALLY-BIRD' JAR AND COVER, 1899$18.1kSign up
1900s 14 works
1900 6- INCH DRAGONS TILE, CIRCA 1900$1.3kSign up
1901 Vase, February 1901Unsold
1903 Vase$1.9kSign up
1903 'Corn cob' vase$8.9kSign up
1903 Small 'Peacock Eye' vase$808Sign up
1903 VaseUnsold
1903 DRAGON EWER, 1903$5kSign up
1903 Vase, April 1903Unsold
1904 Small globular vase, March 1904$1.4kSign up
1905 VASE, CIRCA 1905$1.6kSign up
1906 'Limpet' jug and circular planter, July 1906 and January 1908Unsold
1907 Vase$2.2kSign up
Show 2 more (1900s)
1907 MINIATURE VASE, DATED 1907$1.6kSign up
1909 Vase, February 1909Unsold
1910s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $1.4kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (1), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1912 Two ribbed potsUnsold
1912 GOURD VASE, 1912$1.4kSign up
Creation date not recorded
24 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
sold 2014 Glazed Stoneware Bird Tobacco Jar$53kSign up
sold 2019 STONEWARE TALL VASE WITH INCISED BIRDS AND FOLIAGE$2.2kSign up
sold 2019 STONEWARE MINIATURE JUG IN FLEMISH COLOURS$281Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 21 works
- Sold
- 20 of 21
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $2.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 5 in (23 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (17), Other (4)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2021 HE RESTS, HE SLEEPS, NOR DREAMS OF ANY HARM, CIRCA 1880$2.8kSign up
sold 2021 TWO VASES, 1874$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 Doulton, Engel & Friberg$900Sign up
sold 2022 Large Dragon Vase$21.7kSign up
sold 2022 Flower Vase$3.8kSign up
sold 2022 Tyg$893Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Stoneware Tile Depicting Fish$1.5kSign up
sold 2023 Stoneware Tile Depicting Anemone$3.1kSign up
sold 2023 Lidded box with plaque$727Sign up
sold 2023 JARDINIÈRE, 1880$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 VASE, 1875$650Sign up
sold 2023 John Barleycorn Jug$4.1kSign up
…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Martin Brothers auction results →