Underglaze
Printing in a single color on earthenware and stoneware 1820-1850
Source Description:
Title: Villa in the Regent's Park, The Residence of G.B. Greenhough Esq. Artist: Shepherd, Thomas Engraver / Plate Maker: Wallis, William Size: 6" x 3.5" Print Date: 1827 Grove House. Villa in the Regent's Park. The Residence of George Bellas Greenhough F.R.S Grove House was designed by Decimus Burton and...
Source Description:
Title: Villa in the Regent's Park, The Residence of G.B. Greenhough Esq. Artist: Shepherd, Thomas Engraver / Plate Maker: Wallis, William Size: 6" x 3.5" Print Date: 1827 Grove House. Villa in the Regent's Park. The Residence of George Bellas Greenhough F.R.S Grove House was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1823 for George Greenhough who lived there until 1855. It is situated on the western edge of the Park and has one of the largest private gardens in London which runs alongside the Regent's Canal. Greenhough had inherited a considerable fortune from his maternal grandfather whose surname he assumed. He was chairman of the Geological Society, president of the Geographical Society and a member of both the Royal Society and of the Zoological Society. After his death in 1855 there were five occupants up to 1909 when Sigismund Goertze and his wife Constance took residence. Goertze was a wealthy artist, both he and his wife were generous benefactor's of the Park and of the Borough of St Marylebone. They presented the magnificent wrought iron gilded gates at the entrance to Queen Mary's Rose Garden in 1935, and later a fountain for the Garden, as well as many other gifts. The Midland Bank were the next owners, in 1947, acquiring the Villa as a residence for its chairman the Marquess of Linlithgow. From 1953 until 1955 the Villa was unoccupied until the Nuffield Foundation, a Charitable Trust took over and carried out extensive restoration and re-named the Villa, Nuffield Lodge. Since 1986 the Villa has been in private hands and has reverted back to its original name. It is now an events and conference center.
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Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares
Pattern Type: Landscapes and Waterscapes
Featured Series Type: Regents Park - Adams Date: c. 1827-1829 Dimensions: - Diameter: 10.63 in (27.0002 cm)
Maker: William Adams III & Son
Description:
A single indented earthenware plate. The pattern is named Villa in the Regent's Park, London, a title taken from the source print shown below and appearing on the printed mark.
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