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In this case ‘late’ means formerly. At this point the image on the object is almost impossible to see clearly and sometimes lampblack was added to the oil prior to printing to make it easier to see. Once the print in oil is on the object then ceramic colour is dusted onto the piece and adheres to the oil thus picking up the design. Any surplus colour is carefully removed from the object before it goes on to be fired. The design is then transferred from the copper via tissue paper to the object. These specialist retailers worldwide, but in particular in North America, were important customers of the Spode company and were where most would view and then buy their Spode wares. The most likely reason being that it is in most cases cheaper to buy perfume on line than in a departments store or in a specialist perfume and aftershave shop. The industry of bodybuilding supplements is a very dynamic one with new products being introduced every other day.

Usually, but not always, the pattern numbers are painted on in red – it depended on the process and on the colours being used. Products are the focal point of what a business entity has to offer to the consumer. The business will already be feeling pressured to give in to your demands. In a world where some of our competitors are quick to take business direct and bypass the distributor all together, what can a distributor-friendly manufacturer do to help their distributors outperform the pack? Slimmer people will find it easier to manage a backpack that is somewhat narrow whereas people with larger or muscular builds may find that backpacks that are constructed with a wider body settle more comfortably on the shoulders and back. Also, you can find some amazing pictures in their portfolio. You can see that this is a fiddly, difficult process. It is difficult to see. The shape of the ware is Bute shape and you can see this detailed in a Spode 1820 Shape Book.

The bread and butter plate is of large saucer shape and sometimes erroneously called a ‘saucer dish’. They were beautiful. I immediately recognised them as Spode; the pattern, the shape and the beautiful, pure white of Spode’s bone china. This particular backstamp is not very useful in helping to date pieces as it was in use from about 1860 to 1969. But it does tell us that this is Crown body which was a white earthenware. The information added together from all the marks tells us that it is from the Spode company under the Copeland ownership; made around 1903 (or 1908) in white earthenware in Ivanhoe pattern. The pattern number is 984 and for some reason I remember numbers and also remembered this pattern as unrecorded in the Spode pattern books, simply known from marked pieces. They would have paid extra for their name to be added to the pieces which involved making an extra engraving at Spode from which it would be printed. The name of the pattern is Ivanhoe in whatever version it was produced but each variation was also recorded with its own unique pattern number. Detail of the design can be seen here too and the pattern was printed and then hand coloured.

The firm continued to use the Spode brand as can be seen in the ‘Copeland late Spode’ wording incorporated in the backstamp. You can find more out about Spode backstamps on my How Old is My Spode? If you still can’t find your product key, contact the seller to ask for the link or receipt to be resent. So strong was the Spode brand, even under new ownership, that it was still important when this pot was made over 100 years after the founding of the company. Click here for the relevant Spode Exhibition Online pages. I thought the back of the soup plate shown here was fun to look at as it has, well, everything. Remember this is just one soup plate in what could have been a very large dinner service comprising hundreds of pieces. The impressed 13 in the middle of the soup plate is probably another workman’s mark indicating who made the actual clay piece but the details of this person are now lost.