Royal Doulton China has been a maker of china and tableware for over 200 years.In 1815, the companies’ founder began producing stoneware in a small potters company in South London.

John Doulton, who founded the company, began in Lambeth, and his son Henry build the business up, and relocated it about 60 years later to Stoke on Trent.

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In 1884 they began producing bone china and added figurines, vases and decorator collectibles using the ideas of designers such a George Tinworth and Charles Noke.

In 1901 King Edward who liked what he saw, allowed the company to preface its name with the Royal and he awarded the Royal Warrant to the company’s prestigious name.

Thus began the Royal Doulton Company.

Royal Doulton is synonymous with fine china, innovation and elegance.

Royal Doulton launched a series of figurines in 1913 that grasped and held the publics eye.

Then again in 1934, Sister Mary Barbara Vernon, the daughter of the manager of the factory began to draw and drew the very first Bunnykins character and instantly charmed all who saw it.

The Bunnykins Collection still continues today and is still much sought after and collected.

In the 1960’s Royal Doulton produced still another new product, English Translucent China (ETC), which is now better known as Fine China.

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This earned the Royal Doulton Company the Queens award for technical achievement in 1966 for their contributions to manufacturing, and they were the first china company to ever be honored with the award.

Today Royal Doulton is known world wide, has many stores both in England and in the United States, and continue to provide a wide array of domestic tableware both in bone china and fine china.

The Today, Royal Doulton provides a wide range of domestic tableware.