Potteries including those of Josiah Wedgwood, John Turner of Lane End, Thomas Wheildon and the Adams family were the most notable. The production of their wares became superbly efficient and almost overnight the ‘delft’ potteries of Europe went out of business and Staffordshire became the pottery-making centre of the world.

One of the outstanding contributions to Staffordshire potting was made by the Wood family of Burslem, who were chiefly renowned for their manufacture of figures.

Enoch Wood (1759 - 1840) was the son of Aaron Wood, one of Wheildon's principle modellers. Wood commenced work in 1790. He was an extremely able figure modeller and is best known for his portrait busts of famous men and for large-scale groups. In addition to figures, Enoch wood produced some fine relief in basalts, useful ware in creamware, towards the end of the century was producing porcelain as well.

Wood modelled this seated mother and child around 1800 after a work by the Flemish artist Luca Faydherbe (died 1697) for Wood and Caldwell.

figure group: Mother and child, Enoch Wood (born 1759 – died 1840) after Luca Faydherbe (died 1697) for Wood and Caldwell, Burslem, Staffordshire, England, circa 1800