Royal Doulton Lambeth salt-glaze stoneware vase c1905. Applied design of leaf and flowers repeated around body. Olive green stippled colour to body, deep blue neck with brown rim and deep blue to inside of rim. 17.5cm height, 5.5cm base, 8cm rim, 9cm at shoulder. Incised Royal Doulton mark used 1902-1922. Signed MB (Maud Bowden; Senior Assistant c1903 to 1937). Pattern number 2108.
 
Maud Bowden was one of the many long-serving Doulton Lambeth assistants - starting in 1903 when the elaborate designs of the Victorian period changed into more simple tube-lined designs.  She worked at Royal Doulton until 1937, when the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles were in decline. She was well regarded as a Senior Assistant - assisting Doulton artists as well as making her own pieces. For more information on Doulton visit our Maker's History pages.