Coade Stone Wall plaque

This beautiful wall plaque would originally have been the decorative aspect of an architectural key stone, the origin of which was most certainly from the Coade Stone Factory. Eleanor Coade (1733-1821) was the founder of the Coade Stone Factory at Lambeth, London. She developed a unique process with moulded stoneware (a cross between earthenware and porcelain), which resisted all the elements through a long firing. The true secret of the process sadly went with her to the grave. The Coade Stone Foundry was responsible for many remarkable monuments, including the impressive lion at Westminster Bridge and the larger lion outside the all England Rugby Club at Twickenham. They were commission for stoneware from around the world including restoration work at St Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle in 1780, and asked to produce the memorial to Lord Nelson, at the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich. Composition Available Aged Bath or Portland stone composition

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