jones watts & doulton 1815 doulton & watts 1820 doulton & co. 1853 successor wwrd holdings ltd. founded 1815 founder john doulton martha jones & john watts headquarters stoke on trent england key people henry doulton owner wwrd group holdings parent fiskars corporation website www.royaldoulton.com royal doulton was an english company producing tableware and collectables dating from 1815 . operating originally in london its reputation grew in the potteries where it was a latecomer compared to royal crown derby royal worcester wedgwood spode and mintons . its products include dinnerware giftware cookware porcelain glassware collectables jewellery linens curtains and lighting . three of its brands were royal doulton royal albert and mintons . these brands are now owned by wwrd holdings ltd waterford crystal wedgwood royal doulton based in barlaston near stoke on trent . on 2 july 2015 the acquisition of wwrd by fiskars corporation was completed . contents 1 history 2 cultural references 3 notable designers 4 gallery 5 see also 6 notes and references 7 external links history edit vase 1874 doulton ceramic factory v & a museum no. 352 1874 . decorated by hannah barlow the royal doulton company began as a partnership between john doulton martha jones and john watts with a factory at vauxhall walk lambeth london trading as jones watts & doulton in 1815 . after martha jones left the partnership in 1820 the trade name was changed to doulton & watts . the business specialised in making stoneware articles including decorative bottles and salt glaze sewer pipes . the company took the name doulton & co. in 1853 after the retirement of john watts . 1 by 1871 henry doulton john s son launched a studio at the lambeth pottery and offered work to designers and artists from the nearby lambeth school of art . the first to be engaged was george tinworth followed by artists such as the barlow family florence hannah and arthur frank butler mark marshall and eliza simmance . in 1882 doulton purchased the small factory of pinder bourne & co at nile street in burslem staffordshire which placed doulton in the region known as the potteries . the pulpit in st. alban s anglican church in copenhagen denmark donated and manufactured by doulton when the anglican st. alban s church was built in copenhagen denmark in 1887 with alexandra princess of wales as one of the driving forces doulton donated and manufactured an altarpiece a pulpit and a font . they were executed in terra cotta with glazed details to the design of tinworth . 2 by this time doulton was popular for stoneware and ceramics under the artistic direction of john slater who worked with figurines vases character jugs and decorative pieces designed by the prolific leslie harradine . doulton products came to the attention of the royal family . in 1901 king edward vii sold the burslem factory the royal warrant allowing the business to adopt new markings and a new name royal doulton . the company added products during the first half of the 20th century while manufacturing fashionable and high quality bone china . the headquarters building and factory of the royal doulton ceramics firm were in lambeth on the south bank of the thames . this art deco building was designed by t.p.bennett . in 1939 gilbert bayes created the friezes that showed the history of pottery through the ages . the lambeth factory closed in 1956 due to clean air regulations preventing urban production of salt glaze . following closure work was transferred to the potteries . the factory building was demolished in 1978 and the friezes transferred to the victoria & albert museum . the office building in black prince road survives complete with a frieze of potters and sir henry doulton over the original main entrance executed by tinworth . 3 backside of a frost pine plate of royal doulton with the seal in 1971 s. pearson & son ltd a subsidiary of the pearson industrial conglomerate acquired doulton & co. pearson & son owned allied english potteries and merged operations into doulton & co. all brands from allied english potteries and doulton & co. ltd. including royal doulton minton beswick dunn bennett booths colclough royal albert royal crown derby paragon ridgway queen anne royal adderley and royal adderley floral were moved under the umbrella of royal doulton tableware ltd. royal doulton tableware ltd was a subsidiary of doulton & co. ltd itself a subsidiary of the pearson group doulton & co. became royal doulton plc in 1993 . waterford wedgwood completed a takeover of royal doulton in 2005 acquiring all assets and brands . 1 on 30 september 2005 the nile street factory closed . royal doulton ltd. along with other waterford wedgwood companies went into administration on 5 january 2009 . royal doulton is now part of wwrd holdings ltd. some items are now made in the parent company wwrd holdings ltd in barlaston south of the potteries conurbation . further production is carried out in indonesia 4 on 11 may 2015 in a deal expected to close july 2015 the fiskars corporation a finnish maker of home products agreed to buy 100 % of the holdings of wwrd . 5 on 2 july 2015 the acquisition of wwrd by fiskars corporation was completed including brands waterford wedgwood royal doulton royal albert and roga ka . the acquisition was approved by the us antitrust authorities . 6 cultural references edit in the comedy television series keeping up appearances her royal doulton china was frequently mentioned with great pride by the main character hyacinth bucket . 7 notable designers edit leslie harradine agnete hoy charles noke gallery edit the captain . the judge . schoolmarm . the carpenter . two girl figurines . the laird . the carpet seller . see also edit royal doulton bunnykins list of royal doulton figurines list of bunnykins figurines notes and references edit a b royal doulton . pottery histories . retrieved 24 march 2015 . about the church . st. alben s church . retrieved 26 february 2010 . tq3078 doulton building at black prince road near lambeth high street royal doulton . indonesiamatters.com . 2012 . retrieved 17 january 2012 . bray chad . fiskars agrees to buy owner of waterford and wedgwood . new york times . retrieved 11 may 2015 . fiskars corporation has completed the acquisition of wwrd and extended its portfolio with iconic luxury home and lifestyle brands . nasdq global news wire . retrieved 6 july 2015 . imdb external links edit media related to royal doulton at wikimedia commons official royal doulton website collecting doulton the independent magazine for collectors of royal doulton examples in the collection of the museum of new zealand te papa tongarewa v t e fiskars subsidiaries arabia brunton inc. gerber legendary blades gerber mark ii gerber 31 001901 bear grylls ultimate pro hackman h gan s keramik iittala r rstrand royal copenhagen royal copenhagen 2010 plaquettes royal doulton waterford crystal wedgwood v t e city and unitary authority area of stoke on 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