MARTIN BROTHERS MR PICKWICK FIGURE.

A highly detailed and very rare Martin Brothers stonware model of Mr Pickwick ( Charles Dickens character). This rare figure depicts Mr Pickwick asleep in a wheelbarrow, the detail is exceptional, Wallis Martin has even highlighted some of the creases in Mr Pickwick's coat in black paint before firing the figure. The back of the wheelbarrow is signed, R.W.Martin & Bro Southall 11.1914 and below this the title of the figure, PICKWICK. The figure has a couple of typical Martin Bothers glazed in manufacture firing cracks but no damage or restoration. Similar example featured in the Malcolm Haslam Martin Brothers book. Provenance, this actual figure was sold by Sotherby's London 12 years ago (2003). [Condition: Mint]

Code: 1705