Royal Doulton Logo Pendant

Historical Information

Type: Royal Doulton Logo

Pabric: Earthenware

Date: 1930

Find Location: The Thames Estuary, UK

Extra information:

In 1815, John Doulton and John Watts became partners in a pottery located at Vauxhall Walk, London, which was owned by Mrs. Martha Jones. In 1820, Mrs Jones withdrew from the partnership, and the business continued as Doulton & Watts, specialising in the production of domestic and industrial stoneware. The business relocated to Lambeth High Street in 1826. John Doulton's five sons joined the business, and two of them, Henry and John Doulton II, established separate businesses focused on making sanitary ware and earthenware pipes. Henry Doulton's business was established in 1846 adjacent to the Doulton & Watts business, but due to high demand for sanitary wares, he soon opened factories in the English Midlands at Dudley, Smethwick, and Rowley Regis.

John Watts retired from the partnership in 1853, and the Doulton family consolidated their interests in Doulton & Watts, Henry Doulton's glazed sanitary pipes and fittings business Henry Doulton & Co.,' and the pipe-making business of John Doulton II.The new partnership was named Doulton & Co.