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Old Country Roses is a pattern of bone china made by English tableware manufacturer, Royal Albert, a brand of Royal Doulton. It is said to be the best selling pattern for tea services in the world since its creation in 1962.
The main firms making chintzware were English, nearly all part of the huge Staffordshire pottery industry. including Grimwades (trade name Royal Winton), A.G. Richardson & Co. (trade name Crown Ducal), James Kent Ltd., Shelley Potteries Ltd., and Elijah Cotton Ltd. (trade name Lord Nelson), and between them turned out a great variety of chintz ...
It was a latecomer in this market compared to firms such as Royal Crown Derby, Royal Worcester, Wedgwood, Spode and Mintons, but made a place for itself in the later 19th century. Today Royal Doulton mainly produces tableware and figurines, but also cookware, glassware, and other home accessories such as linens, curtains and lighting.
The factory was named "Montrose Works" and Royal Albert ware was produced at the works until the early eighties. Royal Doulton was also part of A.E.P., along with several other pottery companies, and as Royal Doulton was better known the Royal Doulton name came to the fore. When the factory closed most of the old buildings were demolished.
[2] [3] Alfred Meakin operated from the Royal Albert, Victoria, and Highgate Potteries in Tunstall [4] and later acquired the Newfield Pottery and the Furlong Mill. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] The company was known for its ironstone china and white granite ware, which were exported to many countries, especially the USA.
Production of the blank ware was out-sourced to at least one other Staffordshire factory over its life, but pieces were always printed at Ridgway, and marked with one of a range of Ridgway backstamps. [1] [page needed] In 1959, the American company Homer-Laughlin made unlicensed copies of the design. [1] [page needed]
The company was made a limited company, John Beswick Ltd, in 1936. The Snowman and James figurines manufactured by John Beswick Ltd under the Royal Doulton trademark based on characters from the book The Snowman by Raymond Briggs. In 1939 Arthur Gredington was appointed chief modeller and they began producing farm animal figurines. Arthur ...
This is a list of list of Royal Doulton figurines in ascending order by HN number. HN is named after Harry Nixon (1886–1955), head of the Royal Doulton painting department who joined Doulton in 1900. [ 1 ]