The early 20th Century was a time of great experimentation and Noke was keen to establish and indeed re-discover many of the ancient Chinese pottery transmutation glazes of yesteryear. To this end, Noke and his team re-discovered and introduced Flambé to the public in 1904. Flambé caught the public’s imagination the world over and Doulton applied it not only to vases of every shape and size but also figures and animals, with some of the earliest and rarest Doulton animals occasionally turning up in a Flambé glaze. Despite this success – Noke together with his team – continued experimenting with glazes and bodies so that today we have other glaze wares including Chang, Chinese Jade and Sung to collect.
