Spode. A history of the family, factory and wares from 1733 to 1833
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- Author(s) Whiter, Leonard
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1978
- Pages 2nd ed; 244p; illus
- Publisher Barrie & Jenkins
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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First published 1970. Has chapters: 'Spode 1'; 'Father and son'; 'The crucial years, 1797-1806'; 'Henry Daniel and the decorators'; 'Growth, 1806-1833'; 'Pattern books and numbers'; 'Shapes'; 'The succession'. An appendix - 'The Spode family' - contains a family tree descending from Josiah Spode, 1695-1739, and his wife Ellen, d1761. Another provides an essay [pp206-10] on 'The London business', ie the firm's warehouse operation [managed by Josiah Spode 11, 1778-1805'; William Spode & Co, 1805-11; Spode & Copeland, 1812-23; Spode, Copeland & Son, 1824-26; Spode & Copeland, 1826-33]