Spode-Copeland-Spode: The Works and Its People 1770-1970

Wilkinson, Vega

ISBN 10: 1851493646 / ISBN 13: 9781851493647

Published by ACC Art Books, 2002

About this Item

Antique Collectors' Club Ltd.; 2002. Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. Inscribed by the author which has faded in some places. 295 pp. Foreword by Paul Wood- Managing Director Spode. B/w and Col. photographs. Beautiful copy. Seller Inventory # 0104267

Bibliographic Details

Title: Spode-Copeland-Spode: The Works and Its ...

Publisher: ACC Art Books

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Spode-Copeland-Spode is the story of one manufactory, two families, and generations of artists,gilders, modelers and their products. Founded by Josiah Spode I in 1770, the business and works were taken over in 1833 by the Copeland family before being sold again in 1970, at which point the company and its products reverted to the original name. This book illustrates the factory's full range of products, from everyday wares to commissions for royalty and the nobility. With previously unpublished information, drawings and plans, this wonderful publication tells the fascinating story of a pottery that has survived for over two centuries and still produces many fine innovative wares today.

About the Author:

Vega Wilkinson is married with two children. She was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire but has lived in the Potteries for the last twenty eight years - the ideal place as a collector to further her love of fine china and especially landscape decoration which led to research in the archives of Spode and the Copeland family at Trelissick Cornwall. She has published articles on Copeland and Minton, Copeland A Shire book; written the guide book to the Copeland China collection at Trelissick Cornwall, and is now preparing a book A Century of Ceramic Artist 1800-1900.