. Anglo-American pottery : old English china with American views, a manual for collectors . 1780), was born on the 31st ofJanuary, 1759, and died on the 17th of August, 1840, thesedates being taken from his tombstone in St. Johns church-yard, Burslem. He was chief constable (equivalent to mayorin this country) of his native town in 1832 and again in 1835,and was returning officer for the borough of Stoke-on-Trentin 1834. In the year 1783 he commenced business for himself, andin 1790 took James Caldwell into partnership, the title ofthe firm being Wood & Caldwell. In 1792 the style waschanged t
. Anglo-American pottery : old English china with American views, a manual for collectors . 1780), was born on the 31st ofJanuary, 1759, and died on the 17th of August, 1840, thesedates being taken from his tombstone in St. Johns church-yard, Burslem. He was chief constable (equivalent to mayorin this country) of his native town in 1832 and again in 1835,and was returning officer for the borough of Stoke-on-Trentin 1834. In the year 1783 he commenced business for himself, andin 1790 took James Caldwell into partnership, the title ofthe firm being Wood & Caldwell. In 1792 the style waschanged to Enoch Wood & Co., and in 1818 to Enoch Wood& Sons. The original pottery is not now standing, havingbeen partly torn down some years ago. but a portion of thebuildings were turned into shops, which still remain. The portrait of Enoch Wood here shown was taken froma large steel engraving owned by Mr. Thomas F. Wood, akinsman, whose works, the Trent Pottery, are in the sametown. No direct descendants of Enoch Wood are nowliving, so far as is known. ANGLO-AMERICAN POTTERY. 29. Enoch Wood. 30 ANGLO-AMERICAN POTTERY. DESIGNS BY ENOCH WOOD. General George Washington. A bust in basaltes, labeledWashington; born 1732, died 1799. Enoch Wood, of of Franklin.
Size: 1369px × 1825px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectcollect, bookyear1901
