Royal Doulton bone china thimble
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Royal Doulton bone china thimbleEntry/Object ID
2021.1.195Description
Bone china thimble with tea roses, bluebonnets, and gold band at bottom. Part of the Franklin Mint "Thimbles of the World’s Greatest Porcelain Houses" series. Retailer description: "The Royal Doulton thimble, crafted in fine bone china, portrays tea roses and bluebonnets, two of the loveliest flowers found in English gardens. At the top is a graceful border of intertwined leaves and the bottom is rimmed with 22 karat gold. The famous porcelain house represented by this delicate thimble grew from very humble beginnings. In 1815 John Doulton, in partnership with John Watts, invested in a small pottery at Lambeth, England. The firm specialized in making stoneware, and in its earliest years concentrated on utilitarian objects. In fact, stoneware drainage pipes and water filters were important items in in the firms’ catalog. John Doulton’s son Henry continued in his father’s footsteps, and under his leadership Doulton and Company contributed greatly to the modernization of London’s sanitary system. But after he made his fortune Henry turned to the artistically rewarding but financially precarious production of decorative items. Besides the Lambert Pottery, which turned out decorated stoneware jugs and figures, Henry acquired a factory at Burslem for the manufacture of earthenware domestic and art wares. In 1887 he was knighted by Queen Victoria, and subsequently the company was granted the Royal Warrant and became known thereafter as Royal Doulton. The popular Royal Doulton bone china figures were the inspiration of the firm’s art director, Charles C. Noke, who commissioned several well-known sculptors to model the first pieces in 1909."Collection
Marianne Kerr Thimble CollectionCategory
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