Royal Doulton Marks, base marks, pattern codes and trade marks.
The Doulton marks are many and varied but most follow the same theme. Dating Royal Doulton products from their Doulton marks means you sometimes have to check very carefully.
Factors other than the Doulton mark can help in more accurate dating, particularly pattern names and numbers and date codes or artists monograms.
Between 1878 and 1882, Henry and James Doulton acquired a major interest in the Pinder Bourne factory in Nile Street, Burlsem and changed the name to Doulton & Company, Burlsem.
Several other Doulton marks occur in the very early stages and incorporate pattern names such as ROUEN and KEW, with some remaining in use for up to twenty years.
The following tables contain a selection of the most commonly used BURSLEM and LAMBETH ware marks.
Together with some additional hints that may help with dating your Doulton pottery, porcelain and stoneware.
Doulton Burslem Marks …
1882 to 2004 – Doulton marks for manufactured stone-wares, earthen-wares and porcelain at BURSLEM – Stoke On Trent
1973 – Present
Introduced in 1973-74 to recognize the newly named FINE ENGLISH CHINA and still used today.
1902 – 1922
Standard impressed mark used 1902 to 1914 and 1927 to 1936.
In 1902 to 1914 an impressed shield is also present which includes a lower case letter. c=1902 – d=1903 – e=1904 up to o=1914.
Doulton Pattern & Code Numbers
The following numbers indicate the approximate date range or period when the marked item was first introduced. That is not to say that your item was produced in that year but simply that the year indicated is the earliest the piece could have been produced.