Pair of Royal Doulton Pottery Vases – Green & Blue Glaze – 8129, Bessie Newbery, Pattern 136cm

Pair of Royal Doulton Pottery Vases – Green & Blue Glaze – 8129, Bessie Newbery, Pattern 136cm


A striking pair of Royal Doulton art pottery vases, featuring a rich mottled green ground decorated with a raised band of stylised pale green motifs edged in deep blue. The vases have elegant flared necks with warm brown glazed interiors, creating a well-balanced and decorative form.


Both pieces are impressed to the base with Royal Doulton marks, shape number 8129 and pattern 136, dating them to the early 20th century. A desirable matched pair, ideal for collectors of Doulton art pottery or as statement decorative pieces in a period or contemporary interior.


Measures approx 30cm in height


Both vases are in very good antique condition with no cracks or repairs. Minor surface marks and glaze variations consistent with age and manufacture.


Biography


Bessie Newbery was an influential English ceramic designer and decorator, best known for her work at Royal Doulton’s Lambeth Art Pottery during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. She was active at Doulton from the 1890s through to the early 20th century, a period regarded as the golden age of Lambeth art pottery.


Newbery trained as an artist before joining Royal Doulton, where she became part of the talented group of women decorators who helped establish Doulton’s international reputation. Her work is closely associated with the Arts & Crafts movement and shows strong Art Nouveau influences, particularly in her use of stylised natural forms, repeating motifs, and harmonious, earthy colour palettes.


She is especially admired for her distinctive tube-lined and incised decoration, often featuring oval, floral, seed-pod, or foliate motifs arranged in rhythmic bands around vases and other forms. Newbery frequently worked in soft greens, blues, ochres, and browns, creating pieces that were both decorative and refined. Many of her designs were executed on standard Doulton shapes, such as tall vases, baluster forms, and bottle vases.


Bessie Newbery’s work was typically marked with her artist’s monogram (usually “BN”) alongside Royal Doulton impressed marks and shape or pattern numbers. Her designs remain highly collectible today, particularly matched pairs and larger vases, which are increasingly scarce.


She is now regarded as one of the most important female designers at Royal Doulton Lambeth, and her work continues to be sought after by collectors of Arts & Crafts and early 20th-century British art pottery.



A handsome and collectible pair of Royal Doulton vases, increasingly hard to find together.