We are all familiar with Doulton’s many advertising flasks for alcohol producers including Dewars, but Doulton also produced some magnificent dispensers for plain old water too!
An early filter ca. 1850’s.
Early Lambeth filters were plainly decorated barrel shapes and can be found with simple coats of arms decoration or lettering. These earliest filters used charcoal and sand to filter the water – a very necessary procedure in 19th Century England. In 1869 a new filtration patent filter was introduced by Doulton and even into the 1950’s water filters were being exported around the world.
The manganous carbon filter size 1.
As the popularity of water filters grew in Victorian times, Doulton responded with more elaborately decorated filters by leading artists. Doulton’s first artist George Tinworth provided several designs but most designs found today are simply assistant pieces and often made in Doulton’s Siliconware.
A recent find – a complete Tiworth designed filter.
A coloured Tinworth design.
An elaborate Victorian/early 20th Century design.
A catalogue page ca.1908.
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Good afternoon. i have just come across a doultons pressure filter improved germ proof , like the one shown above.(catalogue page ca 1908) just wondered if you could give us any information on it. There is 3 filters with it. The delivery box has 1955 stamped on it.
Thankyou Dawn
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Hi Dawn
Doulton continued to make filters up until recent times. Depending on the design they can be worth something.
Best,
Christopher
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