Wonderful Spode China in the classic Fleur de Lys pattern. These salad plates are in gently pre-owned condition with little to no signs of wear and no damage. There may be some fine crazing present and light utensil marks. Buy 1 or more and combine shipping.
Measures approximately 7 5/8 inches across. There are 12 available. This listing is for one plate. Josiah Spode was born in 1733 to a modest income family, and began apprenticing when he was only seven years old at a pottery near his home in Staffordshire. Spode worked for a number of other potters until he could finally establish his own pottery works in 1767. By 1776, Spode owned his own pottery factory, and although the original buildings have been replaced, the factory still operates from the same location today. In 1797 Spode arrived at the formula for fine bone china. This formula has a percentage of calcium phosphate derived from ox bone. Josiah Spode died very soon after he discovered his formula for bone china. He did not live to see the huge impact that his discovery would have on the pottery industry and consumers. The brilliant whiteness, strength, and delicate translucency make bone china a favored china all over the world. Every English fine china producer today produces some variation of the bone china formula that Spode originally created. According to the Spode company's publications, it's formula has in excess of 50% calcium phosphate derived from ox bone while the United Kingdom's legal definition maintains that these wares need only contain 30%.
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