Dickens Characters Decorative Wall Plate by Royal Doulton

Title: Dickens Characters Decorative Wall Plate by Royal Doulton.
Manufactured By: Royal Doulton, Made In England, D.6306.
Diameter: 26cm

Includes pictures of 11 characters from Dickens's books such as Fagin, Sam Weller, Mr Pickwick, Bill Sykes, Mrs Camp, Little Nell, Uriah Heap, Captain Cuttle, Barnaby Rudge, Pecksniff, Little Dorrit and Dickens himself in the centre.

The company was granted the Royal Warrant by Edward VII in 1901. Production continued at the Lambeth factory until 1956, after which Doulton concentrated on their activities at Burslem.
In the 1960s, the company made a series of acquisitions. In 1968 it purchased Minton China, a company founded in 1793, and Dunn Bennett, a company founded in 1876 manufacturing hotel ware. These were followed by Webb Corbett and Beswick in 1969.
It is now part of WWRD Holdings Ltd., the name being an acronym for the main components of the business: Waterford, Wedgwood and Royal Doulton

Condition: Excellent.

Price: R 295.00 Inc Vat.