NEW BOOK Bottle Ovens & the Story of the Final Firing

Bottle Ovens & the Story of the Final Firing 

by Terry Woolliscroft and Pam Woolliscroft

published by Gladstone Pottery Museum

August 1st 2018

ISBN 978 0 9505411 3 6

Winter etc

The seasons of the year are often a design them in both useful and ornamental wares made by Spode, and also, in parian figures. Find out about Seasons pattern on the S page here.

Plate (detail) Seasons pattern

Parian figure, 'Spring Flowers' c1875

Clobbering Plates

This lovely word - clobbering - is explained on the updated C page.

I shall tempt you there with a sneak preview of the plate which is featured.

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Statuary Porcelain and London

Two updates.

More about the London business on the L page linking you to blogposts on Spode History.

And also a little more about Parian on the P page. It was originally called Copeland's Statuary Porcelain.

Parian Updated 2017

I have added another link to a new blog post on parian on the P page.

If you love parian ware already or want to know what it is and learn more about the production of the Spode factory then have a look at my blog Spode History as well as the P page here... and of course the go-to book by Robert Copeland. Full details on my booklist.

As well as for statuary, parian could also be used for the manufacture of decorative items such as vases and tableware such as this water bottle illustrated here.

Parian water bottle handpainted and gilded late 1800s

Magnum, Marble and Missing

Go to the M page to find out about Magnum, Marble, Missing... and more!

Enjoy exploring these pages to find out more about Spode.

India and Cobalt

A couple of new additions to the ABC recently are India pattern (on the I-J page) and Cobalt (on the C page).

Enjoy exploring.