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The History Of
     Royal Doulton      

 
                              
                                                                                 

                                        The Doulton Group                         


               
          John Doulton                     
                                         1793-1873                            

Royal Doulton has been producing porcelain ceramics and tableware for approximately 200 years. John Doulton 
learned the trade of pottery making at the tender age of twenty two while working at the Fulham Manufacturing Co, 
well known as the first English commerical pottery, producing stoneware. Fulham was founded in 1688 and later 
assumed the name of Jones, Watts and Doulton. Sometime after the firms name changed to Doulton and made a 
variety of decorative products for the affluent buyer.

From a meager beginning John Doulton amassed one of the  largest pottery and porcelain factories the world has ever
known. In the year 1815. John Doulton, at the tender age of 22, invested his lifetime savings of £100  in a small pottery. 
His previous experience in other potteries gave him the knowledge necessary to attempt such an adventure.

The year was 1815 and the company founder, John Doulton, began producing practical and decorative stoneware from a
 small potery in Lambeth, South of London. With much effort in manufacturing utility items such as sewer pipe and the 
like, he went into partnership with John Watts. The firm took on the name of Doulton & Watts and become a well known 
firm in the area. As time passed, Doulton's son Henry joined the firm as an apprentice.

Henry built up the business and relocated it 60 years later to Stoke-on-Trent.

England: The epidemics of 1832 and 1864 saw the death of thousands of people. Dr. John Snow discovered the 
relationship of Cholera and the Broad Street pump. Doulton contributed greatly with the production of sewer pipe
to improve the quality of the water supply. The above pictures are examples of samples of sewer pipe created and sold 
by Doulton.
 
From 1858 until his death, John Doulton directed Doulton and Co. Pottery in Lambeth, England. John 
Doulton began experimenting with a more decorative pottery line. Many glazes and decorative effects were developed 
including faience, impasto, silicon, carrara, marqueterie, chine, and rouge flambe. The factory operated in Lambeth 
until 1956. In the late 19th century at the original Lambeth location, fine artwares were decorated by artists including 
Hannah Barlow and George Tinsworth.

                        
              Doulton Niles St. Pottery            

                                       
                Doulton Pottery Kilns              

                    
                   Doulton Workers                      

                1815: Doulton - Watts                     
  Early Products: Salt Glazed Items
Beer Bottles (Main Production)
              
                                                                                                                 
         1826 - 1830: Doulton  & Watts         

         Lord Horatio Viscount Nelson         
        

                 

Last Will and Testament of Lord Horatio Viscount Nelson




    Decorated Salt-glaze Stoneware:
      Spirit - Whisky Flasks


          











                   Doulton Lambeth:                     
         Relief Figured Hunting Beaker & Creamer     


                  
                                                   
                                                                          
 School or Shop Inks 

Works of Hannah Barlow






History of England - by George Tinworth







Tinworth Plaque "In memory of Samuel Morley"





Terra-cotta Panel: "The Release of Barabbas





Seated Youth by Tinworth






Tinworth: "Safe Traveling" c.1885








Tinworth at Work

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