Spode Imperial Pitcher


Item Number: 175

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $55

Online Close: Mar 2, 2014 11:59 PM EST

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Description

This beautiful white pitcher measures 4.75" tall and is from the "Imperial Fancies" pattern of the highly collectible Spode Imperial.


Spode is one of the greatest names of the Industrial Revolution; he is recognized as having developed the technique for underglaze transfer printing on earthenware c.1790. In the 1790s, Josiah Spode I focused his attention on the manufacture of porcelain. In 1796 he introduced a new type of porcelain which he originally called “Stoke China” but shortly afterwards renamed “Bone China”, because of the high proportion of calcined ox-bone in its formula. It outclassed all other contemporary English porcelains not just in terms of beauty but also of reliability of manufacture, and is recognized as the forerunner of all modern English Bone China.

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