Description:
Born in 1759, Enoch Wood’s partnership with James Caldwell was dissolved in 1818, enabling Enoch to bring his sons into partnership. The ending of the Anglo- American War in 1815 saw a substantial increase in earthenware exports to the United States, particularly by the larger manufacturers, who tended to employ their own agents in America to market their wares. Blue printed earthenware formed a substantial part of this increased trade and many examples of Wood’s wares can be found today. Circular press molded plate composed of pearlware with slight indents on the rim, curved rim, shallow center well, transfer printed on the front of the plate with an underglaze blue design of a grape and leaf border, in the center is a framed view of Regent's Park with a classical rotunda in the background, trees, and a pond with swans in the foreground, the reverse of the plate is printed with the name of the pattern, "LONDON VIEWS/THE LAKE/REGENT'S PARK", an impressed U, and the printed number 28. The image on the plate is derived from a painting by Thomas Shepherd and engraved by W. Tombleson of the "Coliseum and Part of the Lake, Regent's Park", 1828. From the Transferware Collectors Club database; "The area now occupied by Regent's Park has been Crown property since Henry VIII appropriated it as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was known as Marylebone Park until 1649, then let to small shareholders for agricultural production. When the leases expired in 1811 the Prince Regent commissioned John Nash to create the park and the surrounding villas. The lake was home to water fowl, and once the park was opened to the public in 1835 was very popular for ice skating in the winter. This popularity led to tragedy when in January 1867 the ice broke, sending over 200 people into the water. Forty people died. After this the water was drained and the bottom of the lake raised to a depth of no more than four feet. The London Colosseum or Coliseum, actually a replica of the Pantheon in Rome, was built 1823-1827 to display Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic View of London", the largest painting ever produced." Condition: two small chips on rim.
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