Barlow sisters on the ball for rare Doulton Lambeth vasel

Among the first women potters recognised by the public as individual designers worthy of collecting were Hannah Barlow (1851-1916) and her sister Florence. The first women artists at Doulton’s Lambeth factory, they joined in 1871 and 1873 respectively.

They occasionally worked together on their trademark sgrafito pieces, as in the case of the rare 1…

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