# Jug

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-robert-wallace-r4d4c3a752e34fa/jug-r3242950a06f94b>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MARTIN, Robert Wallace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-robert-wallace-r4d4c3a752e34fa>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Salt-glazed stoneware, 18 x 15 x 13 cm

## Commentary

For many years the Martin brothers worked almost exclusively in salt-glazed stoneware which results in the distinctive semi-matt, speckled surface and a limited colour range of browns, blues and greens. They usually added incised decoration and applied ornament.

## Related artworks

- [Chess piece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-robert-wallace-r4d4c3a752e34fa/chess-piece-rb7fffa647d7305>)
- [Face jug](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-robert-wallace-r4d4c3a752e34fa/face-jug-r2ce3b88fe80669>)
- [Tall bird](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-robert-wallace-r4d4c3a752e34fa/tall-bird-r560da50d99f428>)
- [&#34;Wally Bird&#34; Tobacco Jar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-robert-wallace-r4d4c3a752e34fa/wally-bird-tobacco-jar-rac167794eb17ac>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)