The Spode company has been producing high quality ceramic products on the same factory site in England since it was in the late 1700s.

Josiah Spode I established his pottery manufactory in Stoke upon Trent in about 1770. Eight years later his son, Josiah II, opened premises in Fore St, Cripplegate in the City of London in order to trade in pottery. Here his business increased substantially after his father''''s development of the technique of transfer printing designs engraved on copper plates onto biscuit earthenware. This was in 1784 when the principal products were copies of Chinese porcelain decorated with blue and white landscapes. New designs included the Willow pattern derived from Chinese landscapes and by 1816 the famous Italian pattern. LEARN MORE...