Wood & Sons Enoch Woods Castles Dalguise Transferware Dinner Plate 9"

Description

Circa mid 20th century purple transferware dinner plate by Wood & Sons in the Enoch Woods Castles line, Dalguise pattern, showing a picturesque landscape with figures by a bridge over a river, leading to a castle, all framed by the lush foliage of trees and flowers.

"Wood & Sons - Earthenware manufacturer at Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent - Established in 1865 by Absalom Wood and his son Thomas Francis Wood. Thomas, a prominent citizen in the potteries and later to become the Mayor of Burslem, built Wood and Sons into one of the largest companies in the area. In 1921 Harry F. Wood succeeded his father, Thomas F. Wood, as the chairman and under his leadership the company became a prolific and successful pottery manufacturer. The business became a public company in 1954 under the name Wood & Sons (Holdings) Ltd. During the 1970's the company had to fight two unsuccessful takeover bids from local companies, the first in 1975 by a small family company called Barrets and in 1979 by Staffordshire Pottery. These bids weakened the company and by 1981 their financial position had deteriorated to such an extent that the bank took control of the business and by 1982 it was necessary to call in the receivers. The business was purchased by Edmund Yorke, who had been the company secretary in the old Woods company for many years, he was joined by his nephew Norman Edmund Yorke who had been the accountant at Wood and Sons. They continued the production of tableware in the Stanley Works, Newport Lane, Burslem with the name of Wood and Sons living on but no longer under the control of the Woods family until 2005 when they finally closed." (Source: The Potteries)

Condition

Good Overall - Some scrapes/gentle wear; edge chip

Dimensions

9" x 0.75" x 9" (Width x Depth x Height)