My Version of "Wally Bird" Pottery

My pottery instructor, Tim, has for years been creating his own versions of "Wally Birds" - ceramic tobacco jars, in the shape of funny-looking birds...

I, in turn, have been inspired to mimic his...

I looked up the history of these bird jars... and discovered quite a few pictures online - no two the same. Antiques, they now sell for  $50,000-$60,000 each...

The originals were made by Martin Brothers Pottery Studio in Victorian England, at a time when pipe smoking was in vogue.

They were named after Robert Wallace Martin, one of the Martin Brothers, who made the first one.