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19th Century Copeland Spode Greek Tazza

Name: 19th Century Copeland Spode Greek Tazza
Brand: Copeland Spode
Price: 3171.82 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)

About the Item

A brightly colored Neoclassical tazza or cake plate in the 'Greek' pattern made by Copeland Spode in the late 19th century. This tazza, in Copeland Spode’s ‘Greek’ pattern, illustrates a scene (‘Iphigenia Being Told of the Death of Agamemnon’) from the Trojan War which was taken from Wilhelm Tischbein’s 1791 catalog of the Hamilton collection. Blue and white is the most common colorway in the Greek pattern, although more unique color combinations such as the present brown, green, and yellow do exist and are rare. Potters not only took inspiration from the designs in the Catalogue, but from the Ancient vessel shapes as well. Here, the tazza is modeled after a kylix, a form which in Ancient Greece was used as a drinking cup. Kylikes were decorated on both the exterior and the interior so that drinking could become a performative act: the exterior design would be revealed as the drinker lifted the cup to take a sip. Spode eschewed exterior decoration on this tazza, clearly meaning for this to be a decorative piece instead of a useful one. A dish such as this one would have appealed to both upper and middling classes of consumers: the former, as a reminder of their Grand Tour travels and a celebration of their own cosmopolitanism; the latter, as an indicator of those high-class morales of social refinement and good taste. While middle classes perhaps could not undertake a Grand Tour of their own, objects like this bowl would have served to highlight the owner’s knowledge of the Classics and his or her heritage to a great Western civilization, some of the very ideals that Grand Tour travel promoted. References: Thomas Kirk, Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek Roman and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton, ed. William Miller (London: William Miller, 1804), p. 59. Wilhelm Tischbein, Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases of Greek Workmanship Discovered in Sepulchres in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies now in the Possession of Sir William Hamilton (1791), vol. I, p. 18. Dimensions: 11 1/4 in. Dm x 13 1/2 in. W x 4 1/4 in. H Condition: Excellent.

Creator:

Copeland Spode (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 4.25 in (10.8 cm)Diameter: 11.25 in (28.58 cm)

Style:

Neoclassical Revival (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Earthenware,Pearlware

Place of Origin:

United Kingdom

Period:

Late 19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

late 19th century

Condition:

Seller Location:

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Reference Number:

Seller: 2024.6.21stDibs: LU5643240227852

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Copeland Spode

Steeped in British history and tradition, the name Copeland Spode is renowned among porcelain collectors for its fine-quality bone china and earthenware pieces. With its roots in Spode — one of the oldest and most distinguished of the great pottery companies of Staffordshire, the time-honored home of English ceramics — Copeland Spode is known to pottery enthusiasts for some of the most timeless and recognizable patterns produced in 19th and early 20th-century porcelain manufacturing such as Wicker Lane, Chinese Rose and Tower. Collectors regard Copeland-marked pieces as Spode china.

The story of Copeland Spode china began in 1770 when English potter Josiah Spode founded a pottery and homewares company called Spode in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Within fifteen years, the manufacturer became known for its signature blue-on-white palette, and one of the company’s designers developed a specific cobalt hue for their teapots, trays, bowls and more. Spode’s founder was particularly revered 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 was to perfect the making of transferware.

In 1833, entrepreneurs William Taylor Copeland (the Lord Mayor of London at the time) and Thomas Garrett purchased Spode’s pottery-making company following the death of Josiah Spode III, and the name was changed to Copeland Spode. Then, in 1847, Copeland became the firm’s sole owner and the name changed again, this time to W. T. Copeland and Sons, in 1867 when Copeland retired and his four sons took over the business.

Trading as W. T. Copeland and Sons throughout the mid-to-late 19th century, the company found a formidable competitor in another well-known porcelain maker, Minton. Many of the manufacturer’s Georgian, Rococo and late-Victorian pieces such as its dinner plates, tableware, platters, bowls and baskets were commissioned by wealthy British and European clients and exported for sale throughout the British Empire and to the United States. Several of W. T. Copeland and Sons’ spectacular pieces were exhibited at the Great Exhibition of London in 1851 and the International Exhibitions of London and Paris in 1862 and 1878, respectively.

In addition to their exceptional quality and design, the company’s ceramics were particularly prized for their intricate patterns which featured a variety of colors. For instance, its popular Tower pattern was available in a pale ultramarine blue, a darker Royal Saxon blue, rose pink, brown and green.

The company continued as W. T. Copeland and Sons until 1970 when Spode again became the brand's name. Afterward, during the late 1970s, Spode, Royal Worcester and Palissy came under common ownership. In 2009, the firm was purchased by the Portmeirion Group. However, the Spode and Royal Worcester names continue to flourish as highly popular “traditional English heritage” brands within the Portmeirion company.

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