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Spode Pottery Footbath with a Bright Green Ground with Sprays

Name: Spode Pottery Footbath with a Bright Green Ground with Sprays
Brand: Spode

$1,841.46List Price

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Spode is one of the oldest and most distinguished of the great pottery companies of Staffordshire, the time-honored home of English ceramics. The firm’s blue and white bone china transferware is a timeless classic. Spode dishes compose the sort of elegant dinner service that most of us envision on a traditional holiday table.

The company was established in 1770 in Stoke-on-Trent by Josiah Spode, a friend and neighbor of another estimable English ceramist, Josiah Wedgwood. The Wedgwood firm first came to prominence for its tableware, which quickly gained favor in aristocratic households throughout Britain and Europe.

Spode was particularly known for two technical achievements in the firm’s early decades. The first was to develop a standard formula for the making of bone china — a type of porcelain (made with a mixture of bone ash, minerals and clay) that is dazzlingly white and so strong it can be used to create very thin translucent plates and vessels.

The other advancement was to perfect the making of transferware. That process involves the transfer of pictorial images inked on tissue paper — such as the garden scenery in the famous Willow dish patterns — onto ceramics that are then sealed with a glaze.

From the 1820s onward, Spode enjoyed tremendous success both in Britain and elsewhere owing to the beauty and vitality of its decorative imagery. By some counts, Spode created more than 40,000 patterns in the 19th century.

In 1833, following the sudden death of Josiah Spode III, business partner W. T. Copeland took over the company and changed its name to Copeland Spode (it later changed again, this time to W. T. Copeland and Sons). Collectors regard Copeland-marked pieces as Spode china. The Spode brand was revived in 1970.

Many favorite Spode patterns — among them Blue Italian, Indian Tree, Greek and Woodland — date to the company’s early years. Spode’s most popular pattern, Christmas Tree, was introduced in 1938.

Prices for antique and vintage Spode china vary widely, based on the size of the service, its condition and the pattern. An antique dinner service for 12 people or more, in good repair and complete with cups and serving dishes, will generally cost between $10,000 and $20,000. Such Spode services become heirlooms — a proud and timeless addition to a family’s table. And as you will see on these pages, Spode’s rich and varied wares offer a visual feast in and of themselves.

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Antique Early 19th Century English Pottery

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Pottery

A Drabware Tray with Handle Made by Spode England Circa 1825

$400

H 4 in W 7.75 in D 6.5 in

Early Spode Red Greek Pattern Tile

By Spode, Josiah Spode

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

A Neoclassical red transferware tile made by Spode 1806-1810, with the ‘Refreshments for Phliasian Horseman’ pattern. Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities, first published in 1766 by Pierre d’Hancarville, was a landmark publication in English design. It intended to disseminate the Antique style through its engravings of Attic pottery. The catalog’s faithful reproductions of Classical vases led British potteries, including Spode, to adapt or even copy the ancient art for modern life. These Spode Greek pattern tiles reflect the major influence of Hamilton’s catalog on English Neoclassicism. The central scene was taken directly from the catalog. This tile can be dated to a narrow window of production in the Spode factory, 1806-1810. During that time, Spode used a technique known as the “Pluck and Dust” method to print in red transfer designs onto creamware. Using this method, source prints were transferred overglaze using tissue imprinted with a very faint rendition of the design outlined in sticky oil. The decorator applied the tissue to the object then carefully “plucked” or pulled it away, leaving the sticky oil design behind. Then, a finely-ground enamel color was “dusted” onto the surface, sticking to any areas that had the oil. A final firing at a low temperature in the enamel kiln made the pattern permanent. The Pluck and Dust technique improved upon bat-printing and enabled larger designers to be transferred. It was short-lived, however, as under-glaze transfer printing soon took over as the preferred method for producing transferwares. Dimensions: 5 in. x 5 in. x 1/4 in. Condition: Excellent. Slight chip to the upper left corner measuring approximately 0.9 cm. in length. Provenance: The Collection of Nancy and Andrew Ramage Jonathan Horne...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery

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Earthenware, Creamware

Early Spode Red Greek Pattern Tile

$1,500

H 5 in W 5 in D 0.25 in

English Copeland Late Spode "Avondale" Water Pitcher

By Spode

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Copeland Late Spode "Avondale" Water Pitcher, England. Earthenware pottery. Rococo Revival style decorated with baskets of flowers, flowers & trailing vines. Reg. No. 637555 design o...

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Antique Late 19th Century English Rococo Revival Pottery

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

English Copeland Late Spode "Avondale" Water Pitcher

$145

H 12.88 in W 8.25 in D 8.25 in

Copeland Spode Pottery Fox Hunt Lunch Service

Located in Essex, MA

A fox hunting set with all items listed below in the additional comments section.

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Early 20th Century English Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Copeland Spode Pottery Fox Hunt Lunch Service

$2,850 / set

H 1.25 in W 12.38 in D 9.38 in

Regency Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Tazza

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Tazza Early-19th century The Spode pottery underglaze blue Greek pattern has an oval shaped top with a central des...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Pottery

Materials

Pearlware, Pottery

Regency Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Tazza

$980

H 3 in W 11.25 in D 8.25 in

19th Century Late Georgian Blue Spode Hot Chocolate Cup with Cover and Saucer

By Spode

Located in Dublin 8, IE

19th century late Georgian blue spode hot chocolate cup with cover and saucer, decorated with gilt highlights, and embossed white floral motif on a ...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Late Georgian Blue Spode Hot Chocolate Cup with Cover and Saucer

$2,633

H 5.5 in Dm 6 in

Early 19th Century Spode Red Greek Pattern Tile

By Josiah Spode, Spode

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

A Neoclassical red transferware tile made by Spode 1806-1810, with the ‘Zeus in His Chariot’ pattern. Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities, first published in 1766 by Pierre d’Hancarville, was a landmark publication in English design. It intended to disseminate the Antique style through its engravings of Attic pottery. The catalog’s faithful reproductions of Classical vases led British potteries, including Spode, to adapt or even copy the ancient art for modern life. These Spode Greek pattern tiles reflect the major influence of Hamilton’s catalog on English Neoclassicism. The central scene was taken directly from the catalog. This tile can be dated to a narrow window of production in the Spode factory, 1806-1810. During that time, Spode used a technique known as the “Pluck and Dust” method to print in red transfer designs onto creamware. Using this method, source prints were transferred overglaze using tissue imprinted with a very faint rendition of the design outlined in sticky oil. The decorator applied the tissue to the object then carefully “plucked” or pulled it away, leaving the sticky oil design behind. Then, a finely-ground enamel color was “dusted” onto the surface, sticking to any areas that had the oil. A final firing at a low temperature in the enamel kiln made the pattern permanent. The Pluck and Dust technique improved upon bat-printing and enabled larger designers to be transferred. It was short-lived, however, as under-glaze transfer printing soon took over as the preferred method for producing transferwares. Dimensions: 5 in. x 5 in. x 1/4 in. Condition: Excellent. Provenance: The Collection of Nancy and Andrew Ramage Jonathan Horne...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery

Materials

Earthenware, Creamware

Early 19th Century Spode Red Greek Pattern Tile

$1,500

H 5 in W 5 in D 0.25 in

Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Openwork Dessert Plates

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

Spode neo-classical Greek pattern blue openwork dessert plates, Ceres with a Priestess, Four plates (4) Early 19th century From a large collection of Greek pattern Spode- more pi...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery

Materials

Pearlware, Pottery

Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Openwork Dessert Plates

$2,000 / set

H 0.75 in Dm 7.5 in

18th-Century Mocha Pottery Mug with Ochre Slip Ground

Located in Downingtown, PA

Mocha pottery mug with ochre slip ground, circa 1790-1810 The cylindrical mug with a flared foot has an ochre-colored slip ground with a wide white band at the rim with a nar...

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Antique 1790s English Folk Art Pottery

Materials

Pottery

18th-Century Mocha Pottery Mug with Ochre Slip Ground

$850

H 4.63 in W 4.5 in D 3.24 in

Antique Miniature Moorcroft Pottery Pomegranate Vase with Mottled Yellow Ground

By Moorcroft Pottery

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A fine antique miniature Moorcroft pottery vase. In the Pomegranate pattern. With a mottled yellow ground and polychrome decoration throughout. Likely made for and retailed by Liberty & Co. ca. 1910-1911. Marked to the base with an impressed M, 53, and a William Moorcroft signature. Simply a wonderful and rare Moorcroft miniature...

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