Holdcroft George
Year working: Working 1900’s -
George Holdcroft was the artist/designer who worked for Royal Doulton responsible for the Motoring Series Ware. This china started in 1906 and consisted of a large range of plates, bowls, tankards, jugs, pitchers, tobacco jar, spittoon etc, if fact everything except cups and saucers! There are six plates with different designs – Blood Money, Deaf, Itch Yer on Govenor, Nerve Tonic, Room for One. The plate without a title pictures a yokel outside a country inn. Besides these six plate designs there are other images on the non-plates such as After The Run. Original designs in pen and ink on tracing paper exist. Two of the cars have a registration plate NJH which I assume was his initials and George was just his nickname? For further information on the Doulton motoring Series Ware see my website below.
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