Source Description:

St. George's Chapel, Regent Street, London.

St. George's Chapel, also known as Hanover Chapel was designed by the architect Charles Cockerell and built  in 1823 as a Chapel of Ease to St. George's Church which is situated in nearby Hanover Square. It could hold some 1500 worshipers and was situated on the west side of Regent Street between Hanover Street and Princes Street and directly opposite Little Argyle Street. The view of the Chapel on the platter is taken looking south down Regent Street towards The Quadrant. In 1896, the Chapel was one of the first buildings in the Street to be demolished to make way for the rebuilding of Regent's Street over the coming years. It was replaced in 1898 by "Regent House" which was occupied by Salviati Jesuram & Co. of Venice, designers and manufacturers of glass and mosaics. The shop front facade is still decorated with their mosaic designs of  British and Venetian Coats of Arms and a list of cities where the company had their showrooms. In the early 20th century the Wilcox & White Company of Meriden, Connecticut, purchased the lease of the building as showrooms for their "Angelus" Piano Player's.  At present the building is an "Apple" Retail Store.

Description:

An embossed earthenware platter printed in dark blue with the named landscape view of St. George's Chapel, Regent Street, London.  As can be seen with the other examples of the series included in this exhibit, the mark typically includes the name of the view copied from the source print.  This example is missing a mark.