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Doulton pottery and porcelain
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Products of a firm in the Lambeth district of London, which John Doulton joined in 1815; by 1820 he and John Watts were its joint owners. The factory soon made a commercial success with glazed stoneware; it specialized, from 1846, in the ceramic drainpipes, basins and lavatories required for the mid-19C revolution in drainage and sanitation. It achieved a more respectable prominence in the 1870s with its 'artistic' wares, involving students from the Lambeth School of Art in the decoration and design of the products. The best known of the artists were the Barlow sisters, the Martin brothers and George Tinworth.
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At the same period the company began producing porcelain at Burslem in Staffordshire, which has been the source of all Doulton china since the closure of the Lambeth pottery in 1956; there is a Doulton museum near the factory. The company was authorized by Edward VII to trade as Royal Doulton (the mark on its wares since 1901).
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