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The overall decoration, in a comparatively restrained  'art' style, was made to appeal to the widest possible, yet fashion-conscious, home-owning market.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>The production of earthenware with painted pictorial decoration was developed at the Lambeth factory of Doulton & Co. around 1872. Five years earlier in the international exhibition, Paris, similar wares by the French potter Joseph-Th‚odore Deck (1823-1891) and Wedgwood wares painted by Emile Lessore had been exhibited, and in 1871  Minton's had opened their Art Pottery studio, specialising in painted wares, in Kensington Gore, London. Doulton's decided to follow this new fashion with the production of  'Lambeth faience'.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Katherine (Katie) Blake Smallfield worked at Doulton's Lambeth studio between about 1881 and 1912.  Like many potteries, Doulton's attracted family members.  Katie's sister Mildred also worked there. 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