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London

(1650 - 1900)

From the latter half of the seventeenth century, experiments in stoneware production began in England, centred initially in London. The earliest evidence for production comes from a migrant potter's kiln at Woolwich Ferry, which produced stoneware in the German tradition between 1650 and 1700. However the main impetus of stoneware production in England begins with the establishment of John Dwight's Fulham pottery between 1671 and 1703. The early London stoneware mirrored continental forms, concentrating on drinking vessels, but by the 1800's the bulk of stoneware products were becoming more varied and more utilitarian in nature. The industry at this stage had become centred on Lambeth, especially with the establishment of Doulton and Watts Pottery at Lambeth High Street (Later Doulton & Co.). Several other stoneware potteries also operated in Lambeth between the mid eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including James Stiff and Sons and Stephen Green's Imperial pottery.

The late nineteenth century saw a renaissance in stoneware production in London, through the arts and crafts movement. Doulton and Co's Lambeth art house produced some fine examples of individual stoneware vessels, as did the Martin Brothers. However by 1914 the stoneware industry had largely died out in London.

Featured types

Fulham (1672 - 1928)

Lambeth (1600 - 1900)

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A10248 jar. 1874	91.45 foot warmer. 1901-1930	80.486/76 bottle; ink bottle. c. 1858-1910	80.486/12 jug; cream jug. 1851-1900
80.486/7 jar; paste jar. 1851-1900	80.168/21 bottle; blacking bottle. 1901-1950	80.168/20 bottle; blacking bottle. 1901-1950	80.168/19 jar. 1901-1950
77.50/308 bottle; ink bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/250 jug; cream jug. 1851-1900	77.50/247 bottle; ink bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/245 bottle; ink bottle. 1851-1900
77.50/243 bottle. c. 1858-1910	77.50/242 bottle; ink bottle. c. 1858-1910	77.50/241 bottle; ink bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/239 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900
77.50/238 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/237 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/236 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/235 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900
77.50/234 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/233 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900	77.50/232 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900	74.112 foot warmer. 1901-1930

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