Doulton Lambeth Ceramics

A very stylish pair Art Nouveau Doulton Lambeth floral design mugs by renowned artist Eleanor Tosen and dating from around 1905. We believe that these are original designs by Eleanor Tosen bearing her personal monogram mark. The stoneware mugs...

A fine Doulton Lambeth beaker commemorating Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee by renowned artists Elizabeth Atkins and Eleanor Tosen and dating from 1897. The stoneware beaker is of s...

A large, impressive and rare aesthetic movement Doulton Lambeth vase by renowned artists George Hugo Tabor, Eliza L Hubert and Ernest R. Bishop whose work is rare and dated 1883. The...

A delightful and fine Doulton Lambeth Faience art pottery vase painted with floral designs by Ulrique Larcher and dating from around 1885. This...

Pair of Doulton Lambeth British Aesthetic Movement cobalt-glazed faience ceramic square-form covered baluster jars, circa 1876-1880, with do...

Doulton stoneware jar and cover in form of an owl, Marked for Mark V. Marshall, Dated 1883. A striking tobacco jar and cover in the form of an owl with diamond pattern designs acoss the body and eyes like daisy's. Dimensions: 7 1/2 inches high (19.05cm) high See Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts, "What a Hoot Newsletter, July 16,2022By Louise Irvine, "A Parliament of Owls In Victorian times, owls were popular as functional items for gentlemen’s studies, including tobacco jars, match holders, jugs and lamps. Doulton artist, Mark V. Marshall, created stylized stoneware jars with swivel heads referencing the owl’s uncanny ability to rotate its head to 270 degrees left or right. Marshall worked originally with the Martin Brothers who made several owl jars as part of their range of anthropomorphic birds. Robert Wallace Martin’s character birds with removable heads in turn inspired British studio potters, Andrew Hull and David Burnham Smith." Mark V. Marshall (1842-1913) Mark V. Marshall: Defining the Original ......Marshall, like George Tinworth, trained at the Lambeth School of Art. From there, he went on to work at a local stonemasons yard. Here, he carved decorations for neo-gothic churches. For a brief period, he worked for the Martin Brothers, art potters whose London workshop represented the changes from Victorian to more modern ceramics. They specialized in eccentric designs and were known for their famous birds. These early experiences shaped Marshall’s taste for weird and wonderful Doulton designs, like his reptiles and dragons which circle his vases, and the grotesque masks which embellish his jugs. It was during this period that his unique style of fantastic animals, sometimes half hidden in foliage, established a pattern of decorative art for him. Indeed, many of his pieces bring to mind the medieval cathedral builders and their stone and wooden carvings of imaginary animals and caricatures of people. His work includes one example where a strange dragon-like creature climbs around the vase with its young ones hiding in the foliage. Doulton Marshall joined Doulton in 1874, and he brought his very personal style with him. His early vases (and there are many of them) tend to have fanciful animals sculpted in high relief perhaps hiding amongst the leaves. But he was influenced by the recent discoveries made at the time – eg by Charles Darwin, who had published his “Origin of the Species” in 1859. He, too, was fascinated by the relationship between animals and humans. He produced items showing animals dressed as humans, such as the two fully-dressed rabbits facing opposite ways on opposite sides of a container in his “The Waning of the Honeymoon”. He also drew on literature, notably Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. He produced stoneware pieces inspired by Tenniel’s illustration for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass...

A stunning Arts & Crafts Doulton Lambeth Faience hand painted vase with flowering clematis by renowned artist Edith Jane Gillman and dating fro...

A stunning Aesthetic Movement Doulton Lambeth floral design pewter mounted beaker shaped vase by Ada Tosen and dated 1883. The vase is decorated with two bands of stylized blue foliage set...

An exceptional Doulton Lambeth aesthetic movement beaker vase with a silver-plated rim by renowned artist Louisa J Davis and dated 1882. Louisa J Davis worked...

A very unusual and stylish Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic movement cream jug with ruffled rim by Louisa Ayling dating from around 1882. The squat round shaped stoneware jug stands on a na...

A very rare hand-painted Doulton Lambeth pottery saucer dish painted with seagulls by renowned and highly sought after artist Florence Barlow dated 188...

A stunning and early Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement vase decorated with panels containing stylized floral designs by renowned artist Louisa E Edwards and dated 1876. Louisa Edwards was one of the mains artists at Doulton Lambeth and was reputed for very fine incised foliage and floral designs often with Persian or Turkish influence. This exceptional vase exemplifies the quality of her work. The tall stoneware vase stands on a wide round foot the round body tapering as it rises to a rounded shoulder and narrow funnel neck with incised patterning and a wide shallow bowl shaped top. The vase is decorated with an abstract floral design probably with Middle Eastern influence repeated around the body and set between raised flower head borders with similar floral designs around the shoulder. The vase is decorated in tones of brown, white, green and pale blue on a mottled dark brown ground and the quality of the decoration is exceptional. The vase has impressed Doulton Lambeth marks to the base along with incised initials for Louisa E Edwards and assistant marks for Mary Aitken, Emily Mayes...