Was the company Royal Doulton sold?
I was at an antique store and found a beatrix potter porcelain figurine i loved it . The lady at the counter told me it was $225 ( Australian dollars) she then told me Royal Doulton was sold to China. Im not sure if she was lying to make extra money on a sale or was telling the truth. Please help?
per wikipedia on Royal Doulton:
Recent developments
On 30 September 2005, the Nile Street factory closed. Some items are now made in the parent company Waterford Wedgwood in Barlaston, south of the Potteries Conurbation. Almost all other Doulton pieces are made in Indonesia.
Royal Doulton Ltd (along with other Waterford Wedgwood companies) went into administration on 5 January 2009.
The future of the archives of Royal Doulton and Minton are unclear as a consequence of the acquition of Waterford Wedgwood by KPS Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on control investments in middle-market companies through special situations transactions such as turnarounds, restructurings, bankruptcies, and corporate divestitures (distressed-to-control transactions). KPS is based in New York City.