Some Domestic Ceramics from the Site of Henry Doulton’s Drain Pipe Factory at Lambeth Bridge House, Lambeth, London SE1

Excavations at Lambeth Bridge House, Lambeth, London uncovered Henry Doulton’s late 19th-century stoneware drainpipe factory. Detailed in the main publication of the site were the products of this factory and earlier 18th-century stoneware and delftware wasters, but information on the domestic ceramic component of the site was unfortunately omitted. The aim of this paper is to briefly describe the unusual pottery types and forms recovered from features associated with the 16th to 18th-century occupants of the site. In particular two dishes are of interest, firstly as Werra slipware featuring a stag design and the date 1608 and secondly as Portuguese faience with a Chinese style Wan-Li border and central design of a hare, dating to the second quarter of the 17th century.