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| WEDGWOOD "DARWINS" WATERLILY Pattern Bowl. c.1812 |
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An historic blue & White plate, known as Darwin's, Waterlily Pattern. It was designed by John Wedgwood – the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwood, a noted horticulturist who was co-founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, Kew.
It was ordered in 1807 by Dr. Robert Darwin, son of Erasmus Darwin, and father of the famous Charles Darwin. He received it in 1808. And first produced in brown. Later c.1811 in blue then red .
The design taken from a number of prints published in The Botanist Repository 1803-5 & Curtis Botanical Magazine 1806.
Unfortunately, John retired from the firm in 1812, leaving just a handful of fascinating precise botanical statements as his ceramic legacy.
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