In 1863 sixty ornate dessert plates were produced in Windsor pierced shape for use at the top table at the city banquet held in honour of HRH the Prince of Wales. Pierced services were made for the British royal family. The Spode factory became renowned for the quality of these wares. These prestigious services were painted by some of the best artists in the industry, such as Charles Ferdinand Hürten, possibly the best flower painter on ceramics of his generation. These shape designs with names such as Madrid, Dagmar and Alhambra were used for the highest quality prestige wares and were further embellished with raised paste gilding, jewelled enamels and multi-fired grounds such as 'bleu celeste'.ĭessert plate, pierced Festoon Embossed shape, from the dessert service for HRH Prince of Wales & Princess Alexandra 1863 In response to this market, the company introduced a new range of shapes for china dessert wares with intricate arcaded pierced designs inspired by Moorish architecture. The fashion for piercing re-emerged in the mid-Victorian period when Islamic design began to influence all forms of decorative art following the Great Exhibition of 1851. In the early 1800s Spode's new stronger bone china permitted more elaborate use of the technique. Piercing of early porcelains was notoriously difficult due to the tendency of the material to collapse during firing. Stand for tureen (?), earthenware, Lattice Scroll pattern with pierced, arcaded border c1810 Violet pot, bone china, gilded, with pierced cover pattern 341 c1803 Examples from this period include creamware, green glazed ware, stoneware, blue and colour printed pearlware and early bone china. These pieces were further decorated in all kinds of manner. The classic decorative use of the technique can be seen in the pierced arcaded borders of dessert wares of the 1790s. Examples dating from the 1790s and 1800s range from covers for potpourris, violet pots and drainers for meat dishes, to toast racks and chestnut baskets. At first piercing appears to have been adopted for functional reasons as well as decorative.
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The earliest use of the technique at Spode can be seen in earthenware. They are decorative as well as practical. Spode creamware cress dish & stand, handpainted, pattern 687 c1805. Pierced creamware was produced in large quantities by a range of manufacturers from the 1770s onwards. From the middle of the 1700s, with the development of the creamware body, pierced ware became increasingly fashionable. Pierced examples are known of Staffordshire slipware, salt glazed stoneware and some tin glazed wares. Piercing was used as a method of decorating English ceramics from the early eighteenth century. You can find out more on my F page under Flemish Green.įrom 'T he Fine English Dinnerware' booklet from Spode, 1959Ĭlick Pheasant for my blog Spode and a Beautifully Marked Pheasant where you will find out about this pattern. Petunia Petunia pattern was produced on the two-tone Flemish Green with Imperial Ivory body. In the meantime here is an image of one from the early 20th century: I have not written about them yet so when I do I will add the link. In the early 1800s in particular the designs used the most expensive of ceramics colours often with gold using specialist gilding techniques. Spode made perfume bottles from 18th century to around the middle of the 20th century. Incense (verb): ' to fumigate or perfume with incense'. ' The smoke or perfume of incense for producing a sweet smell when burned.' ' an aromatic gum or mixture of fragrant gums or spices used for producing a sweet smell when burned'. ' a small roll of aromatic paste for burning as a a fumigator or disinfectant.' Pastil, Pastille: first recorded usage 1648. Here are some dictionary definitions from ' The Shorter Oxford Dictionary on Historical Principles':
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You can find out about these here: Incense Burners on the I page and also ' Spode and Incense Burners'. Perfume bottles were manufactured by Spode (see below) but also Incense Burners were made which were used to perfume a room. Spode Pattern Books in the Pattern Safe at Spode c2002 You can also use the search facility on both my Spode History and Spode ABC blogs to search for Pattern Books & Pattern Numbers. There is also now a Spode Patterns in the Very Early 1800s Part 2, Spode Patterns in the Very Early 1800s Part 3 and Spode and the B Book. And posts such as Spode Patterns in the Very Early 1800s Part 1 where you can find images like this and more information.
#Royal creamware plate archive#
More specifically on my Spode Archive page.
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You can find mentions of these 2 important Spode subjects on my Spode History blog. See Incense Burners on the I page and also ' Spode and Incense Burners'.