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Spode, a Slipper & Tumbledown Dick
Occasionally I like to concentrate on one gorgeous Spode pot for this blog - something that I think is beautiful and worthy of an in-depth look.This delightful little pot fits the bill. It is a slipper...
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Spode, Parian, Sir Walter Scott and a Dog
Visiting Edinburgh recently, I found it was absolutely impossible to miss the The Scott Monument in Princes Street.The Scott Monument, Princes St., Edinburgh in 2019This enormous, elaborate Gothic...
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Spode Patterns in the Very Early 1800s Part 2
A while ago I blogged about Spode Patterns in the Very Early 1800s and looked at some of the first 600 patterns recorded in the Spode Pattern Books which are now in the Spode archive.I thought it time...
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What did the Spodes use on their dining table?
Soup tureen, cover & stand, pattern 4033, Spode c1825-1833Soup tureen, cover & stand - bird's-eye viewIt is really lovely to find much of a large dinner service still together, rather than just...
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Spode, Sèvres and the mystery of the 'tulip custard cup & stand'
Spode 'tulip custard cup & stand', pattern 2395 c1816Here is one of my less successful photos of a Spode pot. But you can just see that it shows an unusual shaped bone china Spode 'custard cup...
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Josiah Spode II, 'The Gentleman's Magazine', pots, a house and an obituary
The Gentleman's Magazine, cover, November 1827Josiah Spode II (1755-1827)In the Spode archive, amongst the many pattern books, shape books, print record books, catalogues and other business documents...
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Spode and a Little Dish
Dessert/fruit dish, bone china, 'Flower Embossed' shape, pattern 3127 c1821This little dish, 7" diameter, is a dessert/fruit dish and features in several places on this blog for different reasons......
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Spode and a Hot Water Plate
Hot water plate, earthenware, Lucano pattern c1819-1833This is a hot water plate. It is transfer printed in 'Lucano 'pattern which was first recorded in about 1819. Its Spode backstamps are of a style...
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Spode Patterns in the Very Early 1800s Part 3
I thought it was time to look at some more of the gorgeous designs from Spode in the early 1800s. Here is Part 3 on this theme; the previous posts in this series (see links at the end of this post)...
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Spode and Christmas 2019
Plate, 'Christmas Tree' pattern S2134, crimson border c1941December is upon us and many will be thinking about Christmas.Commercially this was a very important time for the Spode company as its most...
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Spode and the B Book
Soup plate, handpainted, pattern B1 c1823The B Book is just one of many pattern books in the Spode archive.About 75,000 patterns are recorded in the Spode pattern books. As the Spode company grew and...
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Spode and Landscapes
Cream or sugar tureen, cover & stand, pattern 1926 c1813It's no secret I love flower patterns on Spode, particularly botanical illustrations in the early 1800s. But to be fair, Spode decoration...
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Spode and Alenite
Game Pie Dish, Alenite, 'Henri IV' c1963In the late 18th/early 19th century the Spodes were constantly developing their skills and experimenting with new techniques in pottery manufacture, then still...
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Spode and more Royal Jade... and mask jugs
A while ago I wrote a blogpost about Royal Jade. You can find it by clicking Spode and Royal Jade. There is also more information on my Spode ABC which you can find on the P-R page.However I have been...
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Josiah Spode I - Birthday or Baptism?
Josiah Spode I (1733-1797)Usually on March 23rd I tweet and/or blog about of Josiah Spode I's birthday. He was the founder of the famous Spode pottery manufacturing company.Spode I's signatureBut...
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Spode and April
It is April 2020 and the world is in the middle of a terrible pandemic of a coronavirus known as COVID-19.But I am still blogging about Spode and will try to do a short post each month.So, for the...
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Spode and May
Plate, Fruit and Flowers pattern c1826So why am I blogging about and showing an image of a pattern called Fruit and Flowers when the title of this post is Spode and May?Read on...Fruit and Flowers...
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Spode's pattern 1100 and Curtis's Botanical Magazine
 Narcissus major: Curtis's Magazine 1788; Spode dessert plate c1808Readers of this blog will know that I am not only fond of Spode (and all ceramics) but also love botanical illustration. When the two...
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Spode, Copeland and an Old Catalogue
I thought it would be fun to look at more marketing/sales material from the Spode company.So I've chosen, at random, a catalogue of patterns and shapes dated 1882. It was produced during the W. T....
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Spode and 'an accomplished violinist'
Violin c1780So what has a violinist got to do with Spode? Quite a lot! Read on...In his history* of the Adams potting family, Percy Adams wrote:'When any festivities were held at the Bank House [the...
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Spode, a lorry and four cups
This photo was taken in 1959 at the Spode factory in Stoke-on-Trent.It illustrates something very special. But what's the story behind the photograph?In 1959 the Spode company was owned by the Copeland...
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Spode and the Royal Pavilion or how to 'accessorize' your pots (Part 1)
The duc d’Orléans Chinese vase early 18thCAntique Chinese Vases? Let's Make Them into Oil Lamps!The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, holds some remarkable objects. As 'the seaside pleasure palace for HM King...
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Spode & the Royal Pavilion (Part 2): Porcelain Pagodas
This blogpost follows 'Spode & the Royal Pavilion (Part I): Oil Lamps & an Old Chinese Vase' which has my information on the background and introduction to the main players in this story. For...
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Spode & the Royal Pavilion (Part 3): Jars for the King
'Jars for the King'This blogpost follows 'Spode & the Royal Pavilion...' (Part 1 & Part 2). In the final part of this mini-series, I am paying homage to my colleague and Spode mentor Robert...
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Spode, January and Winter
This beautiful printed tile, dating from the late 1800s, depicts January from a set of twelve designs representing the months of the year.I have blogged about it before and you can find details here:...
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