Mark Marshall was quite possibly the most original and creative designer in the history of Doulton. He worked at Doultons from 1878 to 1912, and from the beginning of his career there, his imagination was unrestrained. The diversity of his output was amazing. Even in his early years, he would use the form of an animal as the base of a vase. The variety of colors and shapes when making vases knew no rivals, but apart from that, he ventured into fantastic and grotesque shapes.
He has left us with a legacy of many imaginative and sometimes very beautiful pieces of pottery which are collector’s items to this day. His work to some extent mirrored the surrounding social structure of his society, but his imagination was unbounded.