Lot 438: THREE PIECES WITH THE ARMS OF MARTIN

18TH CENTURY
A large teabowl and saucer with strawberry vine border, circa 1780, an octagonal plate with borders in blue and gilt, circa 1755, and an octagonal soup plate, the rim with clusters of spring flowers, circa 1760
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) (4)

See note to lot 437. The arms were first granted to Martin of London in 1572; later the family settled both in Essex (the son of Captain Matthew Martin) and in Worcestershire (John Martin, 1692-1767, of this line bought Overbury Court, still in the family). See D.S. Howard, op. cit., pp.465, 588 and 645.