Copeland Spode Porcelain Plate, Green Sèvres Style, Flowers, Thomas Goode, 1924

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Copeland Spode Porcelain Plate, Green Sèvres Style, Flowers, Thomas Goode, 1924

Name: Copeland Spode Porcelain Plate, Green Sèvres Style, Flowers, Thomas Goode, 1924
Brand: Copeland Spode
Rating: 5 (44 reviews)

About the Item

This is a beautiful dessert plate made by Copeland Spode in 1924. The plate is decorated in the traditional Sèvres style, which originated at this French factory in the 18th Century and was used ever after by several French, German and English factories. "Copelands Spode" was the new name of the famous Spode factory after the period it was called Copeland & Garrett and then Copeland. The Spode factory was one of the most prominent potteries right from the start of English porcelain production in the late 1700s to the demise of the industry in the 1960s and ultimate closure in the early 21st Century. In fact it was the founder Josiah Spode who was responsible for the recipe for bone china that made English china production so successful in the two centuries to come. Throughout all the changes, their items have always remained of exceptionally high quality and many of the designs have become iconic. This plate was potted in fine white bone china and decorated with a deep green ground colour and little gilt "oeil de perdrix" details. There are flower reserves on the rim and a flower bouquet in the centre of the plate, all painted with great skill and initialled J.A. The gilded scrolls around the flower reserves are applied in "raised gilt", a difficult and expensive process reserved for the highest quality tableware. The style of this plate with its flower reserves and oeil de perdrix on a deep green border is a literal copy of the famous 18th Century "Sèvres" plates, which have been repeated by countless factories over the years. This plate is of a very high quality and would have belonged to a sublimely expensive dessert service sold by Thomas Goode, the famous retailer in Mayfair in London. Thomas Goode ordered many exclusive designs from factories such as Minton, Spode and Coalport. This highly esteemed porcelain and glass retailer is still in business today. The plate is stamped with the green Copelands Spode mark as well as the Thomas Goode retailers mark. There is an imprinted date cypher for May 1924, and the pattern number C1662. Condition report: The plate is in absolutely perfect condition and seems to have never been used. Antique British porcelain is never perfect. Kilns were fired on coal in the 1800s, and this meant that china from that period can have some firing specks from flying particles. British makers were also known for their experimentation, and sometimes this resulted in technically imperfect results. Due to the shrinkage in the kiln, items can have small firing lines or develop crazing over time, which should not be seen as damage but as an imperfection of the maker's recipes, probably unknown at the time of making. Items have often been used for many years and can have normal signs of wear, and gilt can have signs of slight disintegration even if never handled. I will reflect any damage, repairs, obvious stress marks, crazing or heavy wear in the item description but some minor scratches, nicks, stains and gilt disintegration can be normal for vintage items and need to be taken into account. There is widespread confusion on the internet about the difference between chips and nicks, or hairlines and cracks. I will reflect any damage as truthfully as I can, i.e. a nick is a tiny bit of damage smaller than 1mm and a chip is something you can easily see with the eye; a glazing line is a break in the glazing only; hairline is extremely tight and/or superficial and not picked up by the finger; and a crack is obvious both to the eye and the finger. Etcetera - I try to be as accurate as I can and please feel free to ask questions or request more detailed pictures! Dimensions: (diameters): 24cm (9.5").

Creator:
Copeland Spode (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)Diameter: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
Style:
Rococo (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1924
Condition:
In absolutely perfect condition.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: A-SPO681stDibs: LU4805122289782

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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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