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Spode Dessert Service

Spode Dessert Service with Landscape Views
Spode Dessert Service with Landscape Views

Spode Dessert Service with Landscape Views

$16,000 / set

H 0.75 in Dm 9 in

Spode Dessert Service with Landscape Views

By Spode

Located in Harrodsburg, KY

A good Spode dessert service comprised of a round sauce tureen on flaring foot with cover and stand (7.5" x 6.25" x 6.5" high); a pair of fluted, shell-shaped dishes with handles (8"...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English George IV Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

19th c. Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Dessert Service on White Ground
19th c. Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Dessert Service on White Ground

19th c. Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Dessert Service on White Ground

By Spode

Located in Great Barrington, MA

Not the typical colorway of Spode's wonderful "Tumbledown Dick" pattern, this is painted on a white ground, givng it great versatility and bold contrast.The set consists of 10 desser...

Category

Antique 19th Century British Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Antique English Periwinkle Blue Dessert Service for 16, Spode Circa 1820
Antique English Periwinkle Blue Dessert Service for 16, Spode Circa 1820

Antique English Periwinkle Blue Dessert Service for 16, Spode Circa 1820

$3,375Sale Price / set|25% Off

H 1 in W 9.25 in D 8.5 in

Antique English Periwinkle Blue Dessert Service for 16, Spode Circa 1820

By Spode

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

What a lovely service with so many pieces. Made by the re known English factory, Spode and hand written species detailed in script to the back of each piece. This set features a rais...

Category

Antique 1820s British Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Copeland Spode for Tiffany Dessert & Tea Set for 12 Floral Japonesque Service
Copeland Spode for Tiffany Dessert & Tea Set for 12 Floral Japonesque Service

Copeland Spode for Tiffany Dessert & Tea Set for 12 Floral Japonesque Service

By Copeland Spode

Located in Great Barrington, MA

This is a complete dessert service for 12 that includes the matching coffee or teapot, creamer and sugar made by Copeland Spode, exclusively for Tiffany and Co.

Category

Mid-20th Century English Japonisme Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

19th C. Spode 44 Pc. Porcelain Tea Set
19th C. Spode 44 Pc. Porcelain Tea Set

19th C. Spode 44 Pc. Porcelain Tea Set

By Spode

Located in Great Barrington, MA

This Classic 19th century Spode Dessert and tea and coffee service encompasses the beauty of the period as well as the elegant floral decoration.

Category

Antique 1850s English Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Large English Porcelain Imari Pattern Dessert and Tea Service, Spode, circa 1815
Large English Porcelain Imari Pattern Dessert and Tea Service, Spode, circa 1815

Large English Porcelain Imari Pattern Dessert and Tea Service, Spode, circa 1815

Located in New York, NY

Iron-red uppercase Spode mark and pattern 2213. Richly painted in the Imari palette and enriched in pale-blue, green and gold with flowering shrubs and a tree, the border with altern...

Category

Antique 1810s English Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces
Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces

Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Downingtown, PA

Regency Rarity: Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, Pattern 2314 This extensive and highly theatrical Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, dating to the peak of the Regency era around Circ...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Recent Sales

Spode Dessert Service, Ship Pattern no. 3133 on Stone China, 1813-1822
Spode Dessert Service, Ship Pattern no. 3133 on Stone China, 1813-1822

Spode Dessert Service, Ship Pattern no. 3133 on Stone China, 1813-1822

By Spode

Located in London, GB

This is a stunning and rare Spode dessert service made between 1813 and 1822, consisting of a centre piece, a lozenge shape dish, four shell dishes and ten plates.

Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Stoneware

14 Piece Spode Butterfly Pattern Dessert Service, 1954
14 Piece Spode Butterfly Pattern Dessert Service, 1954

14 Piece Spode Butterfly Pattern Dessert Service, 1954

By Spode

Located in Worcester, Worcestershire

Gilding clean, minor wear commensurate with age 14 piece spode butterfly pattern dessert service 1954.          

Category

Mid-20th Century British Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Spode Creamware Dessert Service, Avocado Green, Chinoiserie, Regency, 1814
Spode Creamware Dessert Service, Avocado Green, Chinoiserie, Regency, 1814

Spode Creamware Dessert Service, Avocado Green, Chinoiserie, Regency, 1814

By Spode

Located in London, GB

This is a beautiful Spode creamware dessert service made in 1814, which was the Regency era.

Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Creamware

Spode Felspar Floral Dessert Service, Yellow, Butterfly Handles, circa 1822
Spode Felspar Floral Dessert Service, Yellow, Butterfly Handles, circa 1822

Spode Felspar Floral Dessert Service, Yellow, Butterfly Handles, circa 1822

By Spode

Located in London, GB

This is a stunning and very rare dessert service made by Spode in 1822, which was the Regency era.

Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Dessert service set manufactured by Spode Felspar (1815-1827)
Dessert service set manufactured by Spode Felspar (1815-1827)

Dessert service set manufactured by Spode Felspar (1815-1827)

Unavailable

H 3.94 in W 8.67 in D 13.39 in

Dessert service set manufactured by Spode Felspar (1815-1827)

By Spode Felspar

Located in London, GB

A very good quality part dessert service manufactured by Spode Felspar between 1815 and 1827.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Spode Imperial China Dessert Service, Frog Pattern in Mauve, Regency circa 1828
Spode Imperial China Dessert Service, Frog Pattern in Mauve, Regency circa 1828

Spode Imperial China Dessert Service, Frog Pattern in Mauve, Regency circa 1828

By Spode

Located in London, GB

This is a very striking part dessert service made by Spode in about 1828, which is the Regency era.

Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Ironstone

An English Pearlware Part Dessert-Service
An English Pearlware Part Dessert-Service

An English Pearlware Part Dessert-Service

By Spode

Located in London, GB

Printed and painted pearlware part dessert service with fruting vine and leaf pattern and brown-lined rims.

Category

Antique 19th Century English Garniture

Materials

Pearlware

Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Dessert Service
Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Dessert Service

Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Dessert Service

Unavailable

H 1.6 in W 11.3 in D 7.5 in

Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Dessert Service

Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

An early 19th century Spode porcelain dessert service. The set comprising a tureen on stand with lid, a pair of oval shaped dishes, a pair of oblong shaped dishes with branch styl...

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Antique 19th Century British Dinner Plates

Copeland & Garrett Late Spode Ten-Piece Dessert Set
Copeland & Garrett Late Spode Ten-Piece Dessert Set

Copeland & Garrett Late Spode Ten-Piece Dessert Set

By Copeland & Garrett Spode

Located in Sheffield, MA

Copeland & Garrett Late Spode partial dessert service of ten pieces comprised of six octagonal plates and four shell shaped cake plates.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Georgian Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Exceptional 19th C. Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Dessert Service
Exceptional 19th C. Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Dessert Service

Exceptional 19th C. Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Dessert Service

Located in Great Barrington, MA

Extensive Spode dessert service in the popular "Tumbledown Dick" polychrome enamel decorated pattern.

Category

Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates

Spode 'Butterfly' Pattern Dessert Service, 14 Pieces, Dated 1954
Spode 'Butterfly' Pattern Dessert Service, 14 Pieces, Dated 1954

Spode 'Butterfly' Pattern Dessert Service, 14 Pieces, Dated 1954

Located in Worcester, GB

Spode 'Butterfly' Pattern Dessert Service, 14 Pieces, Dated 1954 A fine vintage Spode dessert service in the 'Butterfly' pattern (Y7378), dating from 1954.

Category

Mid-20th Century British Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

14 Piece Spode Butterfly Pattern Dessert Service, 1954
14 Piece Spode Butterfly Pattern Dessert Service, 1954

14 Piece Spode Butterfly Pattern Dessert Service, 1954

By Spode

Located in Worcester, GB

Gilding clean, minor wear commensurate with age 14 piece Spode butterfly pattern dessert service 1954.

Category

Mid-20th Century British Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Regency Spode Porcelain Seventeen Piece Dessert Service, Pattern # 2329
Regency Spode Porcelain Seventeen Piece Dessert Service, Pattern # 2329

Regency Spode Porcelain Seventeen Piece Dessert Service, Pattern # 2329

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

Regency Spode Porcelain dessert service, Pattern # 2329, Seventeen Pieces, 1820 The Seventeen piece Spode porcelain dessert service is finely painted in each center with a dif...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, Pattern # 302, Thirty Two Pieces
Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, Pattern # 302, Thirty Two Pieces

Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, Pattern # 302, Thirty Two Pieces

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

Spode Porcelain dessert service, Pattern # 302, Thirty-two pieces, Circa 1800-1810 The Spode porcelain dessert service is numbered 302 mostly in gold.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Porcelain Dessert Service in the Spode "Pink Ducks" Pattern
Antique Porcelain Dessert Service in the Spode "Pink Ducks" Pattern

Antique Porcelain Dessert Service in the Spode "Pink Ducks" Pattern

By Spode

Located in Katonah, NY

The price for the entire service (19 pieces): $4200. The reverse marked "Spode" and "2957.".

Category

Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Spode 967 Pattern Porcelain Dessert Service, Twenty Two Pieces, circa 1807-1815
Spode 967 Pattern Porcelain Dessert Service, Twenty Two Pieces, circa 1807-1815

Spode 967 Pattern Porcelain Dessert Service, Twenty Two Pieces, circa 1807-1815

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

Spode 967 pattern porcelain dessert service, Twenty two pieces, circa 1807-1815 This pattern, no. 967, is one of the finest and most spectacular ones made in the Regency period ...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

English Regency Porcelain Scarlet Japan Pattern Part Dessert Service, Spode
English Regency Porcelain Scarlet Japan Pattern Part Dessert Service, Spode

English Regency Porcelain Scarlet Japan Pattern Part Dessert Service, Spode

By Josiah Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

English Porcelain Japan pattern part dessert service, Spode Factory, Pattern 1721, Early 19th century The service of nine pieces is painted in the Kakiemon style.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Regency Pearlware Dessert Service: Grapes and Vines- Davenport, Seventeen pieces
Regency Pearlware Dessert Service: Grapes and Vines- Davenport, Seventeen pieces

Regency Pearlware Dessert Service: Grapes and Vines- Davenport, Seventeen pieces

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

Pearlware Dessert Service with Grapes & Vines, Probably Davenport, Circa 1810-20 The seventeen piece Spode pearlware dessert service is printed in a light blue and the leaves are pa...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Serving Pieces

Materials

Pearlware, Pottery

Copeland Garrett/ Late Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Partial Dessert Set
Copeland Garrett/ Late Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Partial Dessert Set

Copeland Garrett/ Late Spode "Tumbledown Dick" Partial Dessert Set

By Copeland & Garrett Spode

Located in Great Barrington, MA

A partial Copeland Late Spode and Copeland Garrett dessert service in the popular "Tumbledown Dick" with polychrome enamel decorated pattern.

Category

Antique 19th Century British Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain, Paste

Antique Victorian Spode Dessert Set Imari Style, circa 1820
Antique Victorian Spode Dessert Set Imari Style, circa 1820

Antique Victorian Spode Dessert Set Imari Style, circa 1820

Located in London, GB

This is a fabulous antique Victorian Spode Stone China part dessert service, circa 1820 in date.

Category

Antique 1820s English Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

19th CENTURY CREAMWARE PARTIAL DESSERT SERVICE by Spode
19th CENTURY CREAMWARE PARTIAL DESSERT SERVICE by Spode

19th CENTURY CREAMWARE PARTIAL DESSERT SERVICE by Spode

Located in San Francisco, CA

A DELIGHTFUL 14 PIECE PARTIAL DESSERT SERVICE SET OF ENGLISH EARLY SPODE TRANSFER-PRINTED AND HAND-COLORED 'SHELL PATTERN' CREAMWARE.

Category

20th Century Tableware

Spode Porcelain Shell Dish, Orange and Gilt Neoclassical Design, ca 1810
Spode Porcelain Shell Dish, Orange and Gilt Neoclassical Design, ca 1810

Spode Porcelain Shell Dish, Orange and Gilt Neoclassical Design, ca 1810

By Spode

Located in London, GB

This dish would have belonged to a large dessert service. Spode was the great pioneer among the Georgian potters in England.

Category

Antique 1810s English Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Copeland Sixteen Piece Dessert Set Painted with Different Flowers
Copeland Sixteen Piece Dessert Set Painted with Different Flowers

Copeland Sixteen Piece Dessert Set Painted with Different Flowers

By Copeland

Located in Boston, MA

We are offering this English Copeland Spode sixteen piece dessert service from 1879. It is amazing that all 12 dessert plates and two tall compotes and two lower compotes have all st...

Category

Antique 1870s English Romantic Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

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Spode Dessert Service For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic spode dessert service available at 1stDibs. A spode dessert service — often made from ceramic, porcelain and earthenware — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a spode dessert service — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each spode dessert service bearing Regency, Victorian or Georgian hallmarks is very popular. A well-made spode dessert service has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Coalport Porcelain, Spode and John Rose are consistently popular.

How Much is a Spode Dessert Service?

The average selling price for a spode dessert service at 1stDibs is $745, while they’re typically $185 on the low end and $120,000 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Dining-entertaining for You

Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?

Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.

Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your meals.

Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.

“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”

Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.

At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.