Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2481Location: BostonDate / Time: October 24, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Martin Brothers Glazed Stoneware Barrister "Wally-Bird" Tobacco Jar and Cover, dated 1889 and signed to cover and body, the bemused bird with curved beak and tilted slightly forward and to the right, on an ebonized wood base, ht. of bird 10 1/2, overall 12 1/2 in.
Estimate $12,000-18,000
Small firing flaw to inner lip of lid; else in very good condition throughout.