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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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65.33 foot warmer. 1901-1930	28.135/1 jug. 1879-1893	NN13048 jug. 1801-1850	NN13047 bottle; blacking bottle. 1851-1900
NN13046c pot; ink pot. 1821-1870	NN13046b pot; ink pot. 1821-1870	NN13046a pot; ink pot. 1821-1870	NN13045b bottle; ink bottle. 1821-1870
NN13045a bottle; ink bottle. 1821-1870	C1143 jug; hunting jug. 1841-1850	A10255 vase. 1882	A10254 vase. 1882
A10247 jug. 1874	A10246 jug. 1875	A10245 jug. 1876	A10244 bottle; pilgrim flask. 1875
A10243 jug. 1874	A10239 jug. 1873	A10238 salt cellar.	A10237 salt cellar.
A10236 jug. 1870	A10235 jug.	A10234 vase. 1869	A10233 vase.

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