Royal Doulton 'Kia Ora' stone ware. Circa 1907.

Royal Doulton was already popular in New Zealand by the start of the twentieth century. This was largely thanks to John Shorter across the Tasman who although based in Sydney, ensured that New Zealand was also provided with a wide choice of Royal Doulton products.

With both the New Zealand Exhibition in 1906 and 1907 and with New Zealand achieving dominion in 1907, a special design was launched inspired by Maori Art. This was largely produced in the series ware in china, but there was also a range produced by the Lambeth factory in stone ware. First introduced in 1907, it may also have been revived again in 1925.

There appears to be two main combinations found: a gloss blue glazed based decoration and a matt brown base with green decoration, also seen is a green based gloss glaze.

Known shapes:

Jardinieres

19cm high, 20cm wide - pattern number 6783

19cm high, 21cm wide - pattern number 6291

16.5cm high, 21cm wide - pattern number 6301 (?)

11.5cm high, 16cm wide

Vases

Squat 20cm high

Narrow 16cm high

Narrow 27.5cm high

Other Items

Tankard/Mug 8cm high

Large Mug

Beaker

Decanter 24cm high - pattern number 5792

Small Jug 11.5cm high

Lidded Pot 7.5cm high - pattern number 5791

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