# Hannah Bolton Barlow artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:49:42.234Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: artist-decorated pottery, ceramics, drawing, sculpture

## About Hannah Bolton Barlow

Hannah Bolton Barlow was a British ceramicist, draftsman, sculptor, and pottery decorator whose authority records place her life at approximately 1850–1916. She is principally associated with the Lambeth art-pottery studio of Doulton & Co. in London, where she and her sister Florence Elizabeth Barlow decorated pottery. Collectors are most likely to encounter Hannah's name in connection with individually decorated Doulton Lambeth ceramics. The studio's practice of allowing decorators to sign or monogram their work helps connect surviving objects with particular makers, but attribution still requires care because several people could contribute to one piece. Her individual VIAF and Getty ULAN records provide useful identity anchors, while the available Wikidata and Wikipedia entries group Hannah with Florence. Accordingly, cataloguing should distinguish Hannah Bolton Barlow from her sister and should record all visible marks, inscriptions, and evidence of collaborative decoration.

## Common works and media

The strongest collected evidence associates Hannah Bolton Barlow with artist-decorated pottery made at Doulton & Co.'s Lambeth studio. Authority records also describe her as a draftsman and sculptor, but the source pack does not establish how frequently independent drawings or sculptures appear at auction. For pottery, record the form, dimensions, material, visible monograms or signatures, factory marks, condition, restoration, and any evidence that other decorators contributed.

## Market and appraisal context

Hannah Bolton Barlow's market should be assessed through closely comparable Doulton Lambeth and other securely attributed works rather than through a broad artist-name average. The supplied Appraisily snapshot contains only one matched priced auction record, making any apparent range too thin for confident prediction. Relevant appraisal factors include object type, dimensions, production date, condition, restoration, surface quality, provenance, and the strength of the signature or monogram attribution. Because Doulton studio pieces could involve multiple decorators, cataloguing language and evidence connecting a work specifically to Hannah are especially important. Recent public sales can provide context when the objects are genuinely comparable, but they are not substitutes for physical inspection or attribution review.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Sparse records and uncertain attributions are disclosed rather than treated as definitive market evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/309814881/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500333442
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5648999
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_and_Florence_Barlow
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/hannah-bolton-barlow/