Doulton Lambeth Stone Ware High Victorian Gothic Stoneware Vase c.1883, Francis E. Lee

Height: 28cm (11inches)

The baluster necked vase precisley carved with Gothic style flower heads and tendrils, the fluted body blow.

Incised monogram for Frances E. Lee and her assistant 

Impressed with the Doulton Lambeth mark

Dated 1883

Francis Lee's speciality was very precise incised and carved work in strong Gothic designs, she worked at Doultons between 1876-1894.

John Doulton said "Every piece of the company's art stoneware was a unique item" 

Doulton was the first factory in England to establish an art pottery studio. IN 1871, Henry Doulton son John launched a studio at the Lambeth pottery, and offered work to designers and artists from the nearby Lambeth School of Art. The first to be engaged was George Tinworth followed by artists such as the Hannah Barlow  Frank Butler, Mark V Marshall (formerly T.C.Brown Westhead Moore & Co.) and Eliza Simmance.

It was unusual for a 19th century pottery manufacturers to allow their artists to sign their work however, at the Lambeth studio pieces artists were encouraged to sign their pieces.