WOOD & SONS - Enoch Woods Castles
Another classic BLUE & WHITE transfer
pattern, and a sister to the ENGLISH SCENERY series, dating from
the late 1920s through to the 1940s. Items were also made in
red, purple (AKA as mulberry), and possibly in green and brown...
Enoch Wood (1759-1840) was a master potter
and designer and some of his drawings for this series were still
being used by the company in the 1920s and 30s. By this period,
though, many of them would have been redrawn or re-engraved several
times. In 1912 this task fell to FREDERICK RHEAD when he became
art director of Woods. At this point, he also re-designed the
floral border and hanging vines motif (which are similar on all
designs).
NB: Antique (C19th) plates by Enoch
Woods are now rare, fetch extremely high prices, and are NOT
offered for sale on this website. These usually have a EAGLE
mark, completely different from the backstamps shown below.
Like English Scenery, CASTLES features
a variety of different scenes according to the size of the item,
making it popular with collectors and even more sought after,
as it was not produced in such large quantities. We have seen CASTLES items with the following names,
all with pictures of the castle in question:
Blackrock, Blarney, Bodiam,
Broughton,
Caerphilly, Caldicot, Chepstow, Conway,
Dalguise, Harlech, Hinchingbrooke,
Ludlow, Manorbier, Mostar,
Nunney, Pembroke, Pengersick,
Rhuddlan, Rochester, Ross, Rubens,
Stokesay, Warwick, Windsor
If you know of any other CASTLE
names not given above, we'd love to hear from you!
Please e-mail us at:
Some of these designs can
be seen on the plates,
bowls and platters
on this page (below).
For jugs,
cups and other items, please
click here
All these items are the BLUE version of
the pattern.
For red
and mulberry items please click here.
