The foundation
The firm was launched by Josiah Spode, who earned well known in the ceramic enterprise for perfecting the blue underglaze printing course of action in 1784 and for co-developing the formula for good bone china. He showed a factory in Stoke-on-Trent in 1767 and in 1776 designed the current Spode factory. His organization in [...]
The foundation
The firm was launched by Josiah Spode, who earned well known in the ceramic enterprise for perfecting the blue underglaze printing course of action in 1784 and for co-developing the formula for good bone china. He showed a factory in Stoke-on-Trent in 1767 and in 1776 designed the current Spode factory. His organization in [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Chalkware figurines were originally made of sculpted gypsum painted with watercolors. They were made in one of two periods, the first beginning in the late 18th century and ending by the beginning of the 20th century, the second being during the Great Depression. Those made during the first period [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Flow blue ware was produced by many Staffordshire potters. Among the most familiar were Meigh, Podmore and Walker, Samuel Alcock, Ridgway, John Wedge Wood, and Davenport. It was popular from about 1825 through 1860, and again from 1880 through the turn of the century. The name [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Willow Ware was inspired by the numerous patterns of the blue and white Nanking imports. It has been popular since the late 18th Century and has been made in as many variations as there were manufacturers. English transfer wares by such firms as Allerton and Ridgway are the [...]
