Is Spode pottery valuable?

Spode ceramics, like many valuable Staffordshire pottery pieces, are produced in a variety of body types, styles, patterns, and ceramic formulas. These quality ceramics hold their value well and increase in value with care over time as collectibles.

How do you identify Spode china?

The Most Common Spode Markings When the company first started, pieces were not always marked and sometimes you’ll just find a pattern with no backstamp. It’s worth noting, though, that most painted marks are red, sometimes blue, or black was used too. This marking is a printed backstamp c1835-45.

Is Spode made in England or china?

Spode is a brand of china that was first made in the 1770s in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The company made — and continues to make — many patterns, but when the name is mentioned, many people think of the popular Christmas Tree pattern that was designed in 1938 by Harold Holdway for the American market.

Is Spode fine china?

Josiah Spode is also often credited with developing, around 1790, the formula for fine bone china that was generally adopted by the industry. His son, Josiah Spode II, was certainly responsible for the successful marketing of English bone china….Spode.

Spode logo since 2010
Type	Private
Website	www.spode.co.uk

What is special about Spode?

Spode’s Felspar Porcelain is recognised as the forerunner of all modern English Bone China. As the technique for transfer printing on earthenwares was perfected, Spode’s blue and white transfer printed wares were generally considered to be among the finest ever made.

Is Spode ceramic or porcelain?

Spode porcelain, porcelain introduced about 1800 in the factory of Josiah Spode and Josiah Spode II at Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Eng. This hybrid porcelain—combining the ingredients of hard-paste porcelain (china clay and china stone) and bone ash—became the standard English bone china.

Does Spode contain Lead?

Spode Made in England “Italian” pattern newer dish: 25 ppm Lead (safe by all standards!)

When did Spode stop manufacturing in England?

2008
Spode’s factory was in continuous production from 1774 to 2008, when it finally closed (although the brand was subsequently purchased by Portmeirion, who continue to make Spode branded wares at their own factory in Stoke).

Is Spode Blue Italian Made in china?

The majority of pieces are made in the heartland of the potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, just 500 metres from the original Spode site. Twenty two pairs of hands make Blue Italian at the factory in Stoke-on-Trent.

What happened to Spode?

Spode’s factory was in continuous production from 1774 to 2008, when it finally closed (although the brand was subsequently purchased by Portmeirion, who continue to make Spode branded wares at their own factory in Stoke).

Is vintage Spode safe?

Because it is a dinner plate, and because dinner plates are not considered to be items intended for use by kids (even if it were made recently and not specifically manufactured as a dish for kids) – it is considered perfectly legal and safe. It takes a microscopic amount of Lead to poison a human being.

Is Spode china safe to eat from?

Spode Blue Chintz pattern china: 45,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead (+) is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.) This Spode brand Blue Chintz pattern china (Made in England) was positive for lead when tested with an XRF instrument. It came in at 45,700 ppm lead (+/- 1,400 ppm).