A beautiful floral basket made by Royal Doulton.
Brief history of the company
Doulton & Watts (1815-1854)
John Doulton, born in London on 17th November 1793, was made an apprentice at the Fulham Pottery in 1805 and completed his apprenticeship in 1812. Doulton then found employment as a thrower at a small pottery in Vauxhall Walk, owned by a Mrs Martha Jones, (following the death of her husband), by a Mrs Martha Jones.
In 1815, John Doulton and John Watts (the pottery foreman) became partners in the business with Mrs Jones. The business traded as Jones, Watts & Doulton. The partnership was dissolved in 1820 when Mrs Jones retired and Doulton and Watts continued the business on their own account.
The company took the name Doulton & Co. in 1853 after the retirement of John Watts.
By 1871, Henry Doulton, John's son, launched a studio at the Lambeth pottery, and offered work to designers and artists from the nearby Lambeth School of Art. The first to be engaged was George Tinworth followed by artists such as the Barlow family (Florence, Hannah, and Arthur), Frank Butler, Mark Marshall and Eliza Simmance. In 1882, Doulton purchased the small factory of Pinder, Bourne & Co, at Nile Street in Burslem, Staffordshire, which placed Doulton in the region known as The Potteries.
(to be continued)
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