Topic: Pr. Victorian vases - Royal Doulton ????

[Anne E.B.]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/001-7.jpg

Made the most of a break in the weather and went on a hunt.  Bagged this pair of OLD vases which I'm certain are Victorian.   Lots of crazing on the inside.   I haven't done any research yet on them, and they're not my usual cuppa, but for 50p each ....      They're 6.5" high.  They look kind of Royal Doultonish   but then all vases like this look R.D'ish to me

I can't make out the impressed markings on the base and I'm not even sure that I've taken a picture of them the right way up, so the 988 might be an 886 etc.  Here it is   http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/002-6.jpg.

What does anyone think please

I also nabbed a ceramic tile with a Dutch scene, but will post that separately - somewhere...

TIA 

[Sue C]

For what it's worth Anne i can see an anchor and the letters D B entwined.

[Anne E.B.]

Thanks Sue, that's a great help.  I couldn't make it out.  It gives me something to go on now and I'll do a search to see what comes up.

[Tigerchips]

Rings a bell but a very quiet one.

German?

[Sue C]

I thought Royal Doulton to begin with, but i have to agree with Tony and German.

[Tigerchips]

They look like a Westerwald ish type of piece, the mark is not D?mler & Breiden if thats what you were thinking TC but i will have to research the mark a bit....Kev

I was thinking the number looks German and I'm sure a manufacturer in Germany used the anchor mark to make it look like it was from Chelsea? I don't know where I got that from. 

[Anne E.B.]

I've googled anchor marks for British pottery and I haven't been able to match it up with anything.  Currently looking in all my books for similar colouration/style, but zilch as yet.  Haven't checked German yet.  On closer inspection the number 9 may be a 2.