How Old Is My Spode

You’ll need to look out for the Copeland brand and Garret markings as well as the Spode name. Date Marks – These trademarks allow collectors to determine the approximate age of a piece and the time period it was produced. These were often impressed, giving you the month and year the piece was made.

Is Spode china marked?

Not all of the early pieces of Copeland Spode China are marked—some contain only a simple hand painted pattern number under the glaze. This number is often written in red and shouldn’t be confused with the date marks impressed in pieces from the late 1800s through 1963.

What is Copeland late Spode?

1833 by Copeland and Garrett, who often used the name Spode in their marks. In particular these are called ‘Late Spode’ and include productions of the so-called ‘Felspar porcelain‘. They also produced other kinds of bone china, earthenware, parian, etc. The partnership continued in this form until 1847.