Dudson Brothers is a British pottery company that was founded in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1800 by Richard Dudson. The company has been family owned and operated ever since, and is one of the oldest tableware manufacturers in England.

In the early years, Dudson Brothers produced a wide variety of domestic pottery, including Staffordshire figures, relief moulded stoneware, jasperware, ebony, and mosaic ware. However, in the 1880s, James Thomas Dudson, the great-grandson of the founder, identified a need to serve specifically the hospitality market, in view of the increase in travel created by the railways. He made significant changes in production, and by the 1890s, the company was concentrating on producing a particularly strong type of vitrified china, developed by James's father.

In 1898, the company was renamed Dudson Brothers Ltd., and it quickly became one of the leading suppliers of tableware to the hotel and catering more...

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A late 19th century Dudson Jasperware cheese dome, the brown…

A late 19th century Dudson Jasperware cheese dome, the brown ground dome with applied white hunting scene and oak leaf and acorn borders, rope twist finial, matching underplate, circa 1860s, height 26 cm, diameter 31 cm.

Dudson England green jasper table vase decorated with floral…

Green Jasper Vase with Floral Garlands, 29cm

Dudson England green jasper table vase decorated with floral garlands, footed base, height 29 cm

Dudson Jasperware jug, of spreading cylindrical form, decorated…

Dudson Jasperware Jug with Classical Figures

Dudson Jasperware jug, of spreading cylindrical form, decorated with a band of anthemion above standing classical figures, in white on blue, height 12 cm

19th century Dudson Jasperware urn and cover, in black and…

Dudson Brothers Jasperware Urn, 19th Century

19th century Dudson Jasperware urn and cover, in black and white, marked Dudson Brothers, Hanley England, height 23 cm

Victorian Dudson jasperware water monkey with under tray, circa…

Dudson Jasperware Water Monkey with Under Tray (1880)

Victorian Dudson jasperware water monkey with under tray, circa 1880, 33 cm high approx, chips to under side of lid rim

A Dudson Jasperware cheese dome and stand, the cover with acorn…

Jasperware Cheese Dome with Classical Muses Decoration

A Dudson Jasperware cheese dome and stand, the cover with acorn finial, decorated with the classical muses, anthemia and bands of convulvulus on a pink ground. Unmarked, incised E to base. 19th century. Height 27 cm, diameter of base 27 cm. Condition:…

Antique cane ware lidded tureen and under plate by Dudson,…

Dudson Antique Cane Ware Tureen with Duck Handle

Antique cane ware lidded tureen and under plate by Dudson, circa 1850, with a duck top handle and in relief fern decoration, width 32 cm

Coffee cans, Dudson c.1860, a pair of coffee cans and saucers…

Pair of Dudson Cobalt Jasperware Coffee Cans and Saucers

Coffee cans, Dudson c.1860, a pair of coffee cans and saucers in Dudson's cobalt jasperware

A large Victorian cheese dome, in the manner of Dudson, light…

Victorian Blue Jasperware Cheese Dome

A large Victorian cheese dome, in the manner of Dudson, light blue jasperware, decorated with sprigs of fern leaves surrounding the walls and issuing from the knopped finial, the circular base with a frieze of grasses. Height 30 cm

Pair of Dudson vases. Height 25 cm

Dudson Vases, 25 cm Height (Pair)

Pair of Dudson vases. Height 25 cm