 Pattern Source Source Description: Luscombe, Devon, from John Preston Neale’s Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. |
Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares Pattern Type: Landscapes and Waterscapes Featured Series Type: Grapevine Border - Enoch Wood & Sons Date: c. 1820-1846 Dimensions:
Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons Maker's Mark: Description: An earthenware plate printed in blue with the named view Luscombe, Devon. Luscombe Castle was never intended for military use. It is a good example of the picturesque, Neo-Gothic Revival style architecture. Designed by John Nash (1752-1835) in 1800 for Charles Hoare, the banker, it remains in the Hoare family to this day. Luscombe is a castellated mansion with a large Gothic porch... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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