The sisters Hannah Bolton Barlow (born 2 November 1851 in Church End House,

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, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; died 15 November 1916) and Florence Elizabeth Barlow (born Bishop's Stortford) were artists who painted pottery for Doulton & Co. at their newly-established

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studio in Lambeth, London. Doulton's Lambeth studio allowed the decorators to sign or monogram their work, which allows many pieces to be attributed to individuals, though often more than one person worked on a piece. Their parents were bank manager Benjamin Barlow (1813–1866) and his wife Hannah (1816–1882). They had seven siblings, two of whom also worked for Doulton, Arthur (1845–1879) who died young and Lucy, who worked in the lesser role of a relief border decorator Beaker vase MET DP704010 (cropped)

Hannah, after studying at

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, worked for Doulton from 1871, becoming the first female artist to work there. Florence followed, from 1873–1909. By mutual agreement, Florence specialised in painting flowers and birds, and Hannah in horses and other animals, which were often incised with a blade, the lines being then coloured and often paint added elsewhere. They sometimes worked together on individual pieces. Hannah died on 15 November 1916 at 46 Binfield Road, Clapham, London. She was buried in

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on 20 November. Her sketchbooks are in the Sir Henry Doulton Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. File:Alice, Frances, Lucy and Florence Barlow 1867.jpg, Alice, Frances, Lucy and Florence Barlow, 1867 File:Flask with Squirrels LACMA M.2001.97.2 (cropped).jpg, Doulton flask, Arthur B. and Hannah Barlow, 1875, salt-glazed stoneware File:Doulton.jpg, Incised and painted Doulton vase by Hannah Barlow, now in the

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File:Hannah barlow, elise simmance e w. baron per doulton & co. ltd., coppia di vasi, 1877, 02 uccelli.jpg, Doulton vase by Hannah Barlow and others

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Work by Hannah Barlow in the V&A Museum

Work by Florence Barlow in the V&A Museum

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