How to date Doulton china and pottery

The Doulton factories were meticulous at marking their wares.

Almost always there will be a factory stamp on a piece of Doulton that indicates which factory, what period (or date) and who the artists and/or decorators were that created that piece.

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Doulton Lambeth
Doulton Burslem

Doulton factory backstamps

Doulton & Co Ltd

Manufacturers of stonewares and earthenwares at Lambeth in London c.1854-1956, and also at Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent (where porcelains were also made) c.1882 to present day.

DOULTON LAMBETH

Backstamp	Information
DOULTON & WATTS DOULTON & WATTS LAMBETH POTTERY LONDON	Standard impressed marks of Doulton & Watts partnership. c.1820-54 Any reference to 15 High Street predates 1839, the address was renumbered from 15 to 28 in 1838. There has been no recorded markings for the Vauxhall Walk period 1815-1826. While John Watts retired in 1853 and the company name changed to Doulton & Co, it is likely that the Doulton Watts stamps were used for sometime following.
DOULTON LAMBETH DOULTON LAMBETH	Standard impressed mark. c.1854+
	Ornamental wares date from about 1870; about this period an oval impressed mark incorporating the date of production.
	Impressed mark, c.1877-80
	Impressed or printed mark on earthenware, c.1872+
	Standard impressed mark, c.1880-1902. From 1891 'England' was added below.
	On small pieces c.1891-1956 this impressed mark was used.
	Standard impressed mark c.1902-22 and 1927-36 also used on wares made at Burslem.
	Standard impressed mark (as above but without the crown) c.1922-56

BURSLEM, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Backstamp	Information
DOULTON	Standard impressed mark used on earthenware (but not on stoneware) made at the factory in Nile Street, Burslem. c.1882+
	Standard printed or impressed marks, c.1882 The word 'England' was added from 1891. 'Made in England' added from c.1930 to the present day.
	Standard impressed mark from c.1902 also used on wares made at Lambeth.

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