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Ada Tosen

Ada Tosen monogram

Ada Tosen was one of the numerous ceramic artists that appear to have worked all their working lives at Doultons. She is recorded in Desmond Eyles’ and Louise Irvine’s ‘bible’ on Doulton, The Doulton Lambeth Wares, as being a Senior Assistant at Lambeth.

Doulton Lambeth siliconware vase by Ada Tosen

A Doulton Lambeth Siliconware 10” vase dated 1885

Looking at the works that carry her incised monogram, we can be sure that she was at Doultons in 1885 as the early work on which she worked with Eliza Simmance is dated. Also the pair of vases on which she was an assistant to Florrie Jones would probably date from the 1920s.

Pair of 1920's Royal Doulton vases by Ada Tosen

A pair of Royal Doulton Art Deco 7” vases probably dating from the 1920s

In both cases the quality of the workmanship is exceptional. In the work she did with Eliza Simmance, the incising and gilding is faultless, and on the Florrie Jones vases, the thick glaze is precisely applied, and with no overruns. Ada Tosen's 'AT' signature mark for Doulton is shown below.

Ada Tosen 'AT' Doulton monogram

Ada Tosen Doulton monogram

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Christine Abbott
Robert Allen
Elizabeth Atkins
Clara S. Barker
Florence E. Barlow
Hannah Barlow
Ethel Beard
Herbert Betterley
Ernest Bishop
Maud Bowden
Winnie Bowstead
Kate M. Davis
Elizabeth Fisher
Mary Goode
Leslie Harradine
Vera Huggins
Jane Hurst
Florrie Jones
Harriet Knight
Francis E. Lee
Edith D. Lupton
Bessie Newbery
Mark V. Marshall
Emily Partington
Lily Partington
Francis C. Pope
Alice Russell
Elizabeth A. Sayers
Eliza Simmance
Georgie Smith
Margaret E. Thomson
George Tinworth
Ada Tosen
Eleanor Tosen
Louisa Wakely
Minnie Webb
Bessie Youatt
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