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The History Of
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                                        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         
        

    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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