When John Doulton made a £100 investment in 1815 he made a shrewd move.

For he used his life's savings to launch a partnership with Martha Jones and John Watts at a stoneware factory in Lambeth, London. You could say the rest was history. But this was, in fact, making history. Today, Royal Doulton is a world-class brand in quintessential British tableware, collectable figurines, crystal and glass, and giftware too.

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