of their pots. The colours included browns, greens, greys and blues, and this subdued palette is distinctive of Martinware. Their most flamboyant design period was from about 1880–1900, and after 1900 their designs simplified somewhat, under the influence of Art Nouveau and Japonism. Robert Wallace Martin, the oldest brother, had worked for a while for the architectural sculptor J. B. Phillips of Vauxhall Bridge Road, and later took drawing classes at the nearby Lambeth School of Art. Walter and Edwin Martin also studied there, and both worked for a time at the Royal Doulton Pottery, also in Lambeth. The chancel arch in Ayot St Peter’s Church in Hertfordshire, is the only commission by the Martin Brothers for a church. Collections and exhibitions Martinware pottery may be found in various ceramic museum collections. Up until its closure in 2015, Pitshanger Manor displayed a wide range of their work in the Manor's Hull Grundy Collection, based in Ealing . The remaining Martinware collection is now on display at the Southall Library in the Dominion Centre. A small selection is on show in the Norwich Castle museum. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery exhibits examples of Martinware in its Art Pottery cases. An exhibition, "The Martin Brothers Potters", at Sotheby's Belgravia in 1978 did much to revive interest. There were Martinware exhibitions at the Cuming Museum, London in 2013 and Standen (National Trust) in 2016. Collectors Martinware has been popular with collectors, especially since the 1970s. A new record auction price of US$196,000 was set in 2015 (Phillips, New York) for a 14 inch high "wally bird" jar from 1889, supposedly one of a few caricaturing Benjamin Disraeli. The previous record was £75,000 for another bird jar of 1898 (Woolley & Wallis, 2014). More typical prices for bird jars and good size vases were in the £10-20,000 range in 2018. References "Grove": "Martin", in The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, google books External links Aberystwyth University, page with bio & nearly 40 images English potters Sibling quartets Art pottery English pottery Studio pottery Stoneware