c. 1876

Dish

Around 1872 Doulton began experimenting with a range of underglaze colors in an attempt to compete with the English and Continental ceramic factories then producing majolica. The new ware, called Lambeth Faience, was introduced at the Centennial Exhibition, where it was favorably received by the public as well as the judges. "Among all the exhibits at the great fair, we doubt whether any excited more general attention and interest than the Doulton stone-ware and Lambeth faience" (Gems of the Centennial Exhibition). This dish, purchased by the Museum from Doulton, may have been an early trial piece made by using an imported earthenware blank from France.