Royal Doulton is a quintessentially English name in tableware, fine gifts and collectables with a pedigree dating back to 1815. Royal Doulton is part of WWRD Holdings Limited and Waterford Crystal, the leading provider of luxury home and lifestyle products worldwide.
WWRD Holdings employs more than 3,700 people worldwide. Royal Doulton, Royal Albert, Minton and celebrity co-brands such as Monique Lhuillier for Royal Doulton and Gordon Ramsay by Royal Doulton are part of the Royal Doulton family of brands. From the very traditional to chic and modern, the company offers a tremendous amount of products and patterns that are relevant to today's consumers. From dining, to entertaining to gift-giving, the company believes its products should be used and enjoyed everyday.
The Reason Behind the "Royal"
As evidenced by the name, Royal Doulton enjoys the distinction of a "Royal Warrant" -- a mark of distinction bestowed upon people or companies who have regularly supplied members of the Royal Family with goods or services. Royal Warrants, regarded as a mark of supreme excellence and quality, cannot be bought or sold. King Edward awarded the first Royal Warrant to Royal Doulton in 1901.
The Doulton Company then became The Royal Doulton Company. Presently, the Royal Doulton brand holds two Royal Warrants, the Royal Albert brand holds two Royal Warrants and the Minton brand holds one.
Fun Facts
Royal Doulton ceramics are included in a time capsule inside the base of Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames Embankment in London. Royal Doulton's largest and most expensive figure takes more than 160 hours to hand paint and costs more than $35,000.
Royal Doulton was the first china to enter space. China plates were carried on the inaugural flight of the space shuttle Discovery in 1984.
Royal Albert's "Old Country Roses" bone china tableware pattern is the best selling dinnerware pattern in the world -- having sold more than 150 million pieces since its introduction in 1962.
During the reign of Queen Victoria, the Doulton family business established the world's first stoneware pipe factory and went on to become Britain's top Victorian manufacturer of sanitary ware.
Royal Doulton's archives give the business and its designers access to some 10,000 watercolors dating right back to 1815.
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