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This headquarters office for the well-known ceramics manufacturer was designed by the architect T.P. Bennett (1887-1980) in modernist style and faced with cream, black and gold ceramic panels. Royal Doulton commissioned Gilbert Bayes (1872-1953), President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, to design this frieze, considered his ceramic masterpiece, as well as another smaller one for the same building which illustrated the arrival of Dutch potters in London. Bayes was an esteemed, versatile and prolific sculptor of public works including figures and memorials, especially in the interwar years. He modelled the Portland stone figures of Sir William Chambers and Sir Charles Barry on the facade of the V&A and is now best-known for his 'Queen of Time' clock over the entrance of Selfridge's department store, Oxford Street, London. \n\nThe two friezes from Doulton House were salvaged by Ironbridge Gorge Museum, thanks to the initiative of Paul Atterbury, then head of Royal Doulton's historical department and now a well-known author and antiques specialist. The 'Dutch Potters' frieze remains at Ironbridge, while Royal Doulton presented the 'Pottery Through the Ages' frieze to the V&A.","physicalDescription":"Rectangular frieze of stoneware glazed in various colours, depicting an allegorical history of pottery, divided into eight cultural epochs: Egypt, Assyria, Persia, The Orient (at the centre), Renaissance Italy, Crete, Greece, Phoenicia and Rome.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Gilbert Bayes","id":"A13058"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x40048"},"note":"Bayes designed the frieze then modelled it full-size in plaster before directing its manufacture in polychrome glazed stoneware at Doulton's Lambeth factory."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Doulton Ceramic Factory","id":"A9090"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":"Commissioned by Royal Doulton for Doulton House, their headquarters on the Albert Embankment, and made at their Lambeth factory, Doulton & Co."}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"stoneware","id":"x30197"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Stoneware with coloured high-temperature glazes","categories":[{"text":"ELISE","id":"THES48961"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AU8602","2019LJ0959"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"117ST (VA)","id":"THES49518"},"free":"","case":"WW","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Tile frieze","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Lambeth","id":"x29476"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1939","earliest":"1939-01-01","latest":"1939-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Royal Doulton","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"1600","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"13630","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"See Ceramics and Glass Section: Object Information file for 'Gilbert Bayes and the Doulton House Frieze', a publicity handout published by Royal Doulton, 1988, and other papers.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Stoneware frieze with coloured glazes, designed and modelled by Gilbert Bayes, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth, 1939, for the front of Doulton House, Albert Embankment","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"'Pottery through the Ages', Royal Doulton International Collectors' Club, autumn 1987, pp.20-21"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Louise Irvine & Paul Atterbury, 'Gilbert Bayes: Sculptor 1872-1953', Richard Dennis, 1998"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"The Doulton Frieze\nStoneware with polychrome glazing\nMade by Doulton & Co. for its London headquarters, Doulton House, Albert Embankment, Lambeth;\ndesigned and modelled by Gilbert Bayes (1872-1953); 1939\n\nGiven by Royal Doulton\nC.61-1988","date":{"text":"1988","earliest":"1988-01-01","latest":"1988-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["C.61-1988"],"accessionNumberNum":"61","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1988,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP7125","2019LT9204"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-25","recordCreationDate":"1998-10-20","availableToBook":false}}