: ceramic ware (such as bone china, stone china, or Parian ware) made at the works established by Josiah Spode in 1770 at Stoke in Staffordshire, England
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The Spode Woodland collection will always be a favorite, but this harvest bird dinnerware set is duck-calling our name.
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Country Living Staff, Country Living, 28 July 2023
The glass-front cabinet above, which holds antique crystal from Melissa’s grandmother and some family Spode china, came out of a similarly aged house.
—Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 1 May 2023
This simple, yet beautiful commemorative mug from Spode is timeless.
—townandcountrymag.com, 10 Apr. 2023
Out came their Lenox, Wedgwood, Spode and other fine china, their Stieff, Wallace and Tiffany sterling and their crystal candle sticks.
—Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2022
Country Living Staff, Country Living, 28 July 2023
The glass-front cabinet above, which holds antique crystal from Melissa’s grandmother and some family Spode china, came out of a similarly aged house.
—Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 1 May 2023
This simple, yet beautiful commemorative mug from Spode is timeless.
—townandcountrymag.com, 10 Apr. 2023
Out came their Lenox, Wedgwood, Spode and other fine china, their Stieff, Wallace and Tiffany sterling and their crystal candle sticks.
—Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2022
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First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above
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