This item is from a selection of antique or vintage Doulton Lambeth Harvest stoneware having some degree of damage.  If the damage is relatively minor and/or suitable for restoration, some items could form part of a collection, but others might better suit some form of upcycling or re-purposing: ideal perhaps for use as quirky plant holders or vases – or any other left-field use that takes your fancy…

Doulton’s factory in Lambeth had begun in 1815. They specialised in making stoneware articles, such as decorative bottles and salt glaze sewer pipes. The company took on the Doulton name in 1853 when John, and his son Henry, established themselves as makers of fine English stoneware. Manufacturing continued in Lambeth until 1956.

This item is a standard 1½ pint teapot in ‘full working order’.  Decorated in the typical two-tone manner, with applied hunting and tavern motifs, this teapot is largely undamaged and could therefore readily serve as a collectable item.  There is a spout protector fitted, so condition of spout is uncertain; the only other obvious damage is a chip to the rim of the lid (see photos).  The base has the standard impressed Doulton-Lambeth-England mark used between 1891 and 1956; no other decipherable date mark is present.