SPODE
Spode
Spode is a well-known English brand of pottery and homewares based in Stoke-on-Trent. Spode is a Stoke-on-Trent based pottery company that was founded by Josiah Spode in 1770. Josiah Spode earned renown for perfecting under-glaze blue transfer printing in 1783–1784 – a development that led to the launch in 1816 of Spode's Blue Italian range which has remained in production ever since.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Spode
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