DOULTON LAMBETH Large 19.5cm PLANTER (1815 - The Doulton fa...

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DOULTON LAMBETH Large 19.5cm PLANTER
(1815 - The Doulton factory was established in Lambeth, South London by John Doulton.
(1793 - 1873), who had previously been employed at the nearby Fulham Pottery. He initially had two partners, Martha Jones and John Watts, the former of who left the company in 1820, and the latter in 1854. He began by producing practical and decorative stoneware, such as bottles and sewer pipes from his small pottery 1835 - John's son Henry.(1820 - 1897) joined the company and the production of stoneware items was expanded to include laboratory articles, sanitary ware and drainpipes.1850s - John Doulton began experimenting with a more decorative pottery items. Many glazes and decorative effects were developed including faience, impasto, silicon, carrara, marqueterie, chine, and rouge flambe.
1860s - Doulton began to revive earlier types of stoneware, such as copies of 18th-century vessels. The famous salt-glazed wares with blue decoration first appeared in 1862.
Through Henry Doulton, the pottery became associated with the Lambeth School of Art directed by John Sparkes from about 1866. He trained the sculptor George Tinworth who joined Doulton as the first resident sculptor in 1867. Tinworth enjoyed a long career at the Lambeth studio, producing a wide range of figures, vases, jugs, tankards and reliefs, as well as fountains and monumental sculptures. The international popularity of the art pottery produced at Lambeth led to the number of art potters increasing from six in 1873 to 345 in 1890, including such famous names as Frank Butler, Eliza Simmance, Arthur Barlow and his sisters Hannah and Florence Barlow.)(Please Note This Lot WILL NOT BE PACKED OR SHIPPED....COLLECT ONLY !!!!)