When did Royal Doulton start?

1815
Royal Doulton/Founded

When did Dalton become Royal Doulton?

1901
In 1901, four years after his father’s death, he received on behalf of the company the Royal Warrant of King Edward VII and was granted permission to add the word “Royal” to the Doulton name–a great and rare honor.

Is Royal Doulton valuable?

All Royal Doulton lines offer purchasing opportunities right across the price spectrum from £5 to £15,000. The great majority of character jugs (regardless of size) and HN series figures were mass produced and are worth under £100 – and most of them less than £30 each when sold without reserve at auction.

When did Royal Doulton move to China?

What’s more, it had established Bunnykins as nurseryware in 1934, moving into collectable figurines by 1939. Royal Doulton stayed ahead of the field. In 1960 it introduced a new product – English Translucent China (ETC), which is now better known as Royal Doulton Fine China.

Who are the owners of the Royal Doulton Company?

Royal Doulton started with a factory at Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, London, as a partnership between John Doulton, Martha Jones, and John Watts. The Doulton name has built a long and distinguished pedigree that dates back to 1815. The business originally specialised in manufacturing stoneware and produced decorative bottles and salt glaze sewer pipes.

Where was the first Royal Doulton pottery factory?

Royal Doulton is an English ceramic manufacturing company dating from 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall, London, later moving to Lambeth, in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in the centre of English pottery. From the start the backbone of the business was a wide range of utilitarian wares,…

Who was the Royal Doulton figurine named after?

HN is named after Harry Nixon (1886–1955), head of the Royal Doulton painting department who joined Doulton in 1900.[1] This list includes the HN number, the title of the Royal Doulton figurine, the designer(s), the date introduced, and if discontinued, the date discontinued.

When did John Doulton start the Doulton brand?

The Royal Doulton brand, is the most well known name of the original Doulton family business. When John Doulton first started the business back in 1815 they did not use the family name in the trademark. However it wasn’t until 1820 that the Doulton family name first started to appear on their products.