Title: Royal Doulton Lambeth Slater Jardiniere.
Maker: Royal Doulton (Doulton Lambeth - England, Doulton & Slater's Patent).
Origin: England.
Artist(s): Fanny Sayers & Annie Horton.
Period: Late 19th Century.
Series number: 2806.

Description: The stoneware vessel features a bulbous shape, perforated and floral banded upper rim, body decorated with an impressed floral and foliate motif on a textured ground, in tones of white/turquoise/metallic copper on a caramel ground. On the base, incised with series number, manufacturer's marks and signed with the artists' monogram impressed marks.

Measures: 8 D x 7.25 H inches.
Approx. weight: 3 pounds, 14 ounces.

About the maker: Royal Doulton is an English ceramic and home accessories manufacturer that was founded in 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall, London, and later moving to Lambeth, in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in the centre of English pottery.

Maker's marks: 'Doulton Lambeth' standard impressed mark from c. 1880-1902, from 1891 'England' was added below. 'Doulton & Slater's Patent' used on special bodies from c. 1881 and into the 20th century.