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Royal Doulton Kingsware Huntsman and Foxhounds Loving Cup

Creator: Royal Doulton
Offered by: Robert James Walsh & Company

Description
This Loving Cup is from the Kingsware collection created by Charles Noke, Chief Designer and Artistic Director at the Royal Doulton company in Staffordshire in the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. The fox hunting motif shows a portrait of a huntsman in traditional sporting garb on one side, and a pack of foxhounds on the other. Noke developed Kingsware at Royal Doulton to compete in the Art Pottery markets with the tastes of the Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau, and Arts & Crafts styles in mind. Kingsware, a Noke-created technological innovation unique to Royal Doulton, is especially noted for its lustrous brown glaze featuring underglaze amber-colored and polychrome raised details. This line of Royal Doulton Art Pottery became a major collecting field in the early twentieth century. Kingsware was in production from 1898 to 1939. On the bottom are stilt marks from the kiln firing, and the stamped black hallmark of a crowned lion standing on a larger crown over a medallion inscribed with the words "Royal Doulton England", which dates the piece to 1898-1911. It is a perfect gift for the aficionado of fox hunting and British country traditions. It is useful for many household functions, as well as shining on display in a collection.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Maker's mark underneath as seen in the photographs
Origin:	England
Period:	1900-1919
Materials:	Pottery with molded and colored decoration under glossy glaze
Condition:	Good. Antique condition with expected crazing of the glaze and with no imperfections or chips
Creation Date:	1900
Styles / Movements:	Aesthetic Movement, Traditional, Victorian
Patterns:	Animal/Insects, Textured, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	D206-177-WEC/L
Incollect Reference #:	701785

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Message from Seller:

Robert James Walsh & Company is a thirty-year-old Vermont business dealing in antiques, art, and modernism. Robert Walsh, owner, is also an Accredited Member of Appraisers Association of America, as well as a respected consultant. We have participated in many international trade shows in the US and Canada.