Josiah Spode, the Second
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Josiah Spode II was an English potter who, along with his father, established a factory in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in 1770. This factory became renowned for its Spode porcelain, a hybrid of hard-paste porcelain ingredients and bone ash that set the standard for English bone china.12
The early Spode porcelain featured elaborate services and large vases, often decorated in the Empire style. The factory also produced wares inspired by Japanese Imari patterns. After Josiah Spode III's death in 1829, the company continued under various partnerships, eventually becoming known as Copeland. In 1846, Copeland introduced Parian ware, a marble-like matte unglazed porcelain used for statuettes.2
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Read Moreā¦bone china is attributed to Josiah Spode the Second, who introduced it around 1800. His basic formula of six parts bone ash, four parts china stone, and three and a half parts china clay remains the standard English body. Although hard porcelain is strong, it chips fairly easily and, unlessā¦
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Read Moreā¦was produced around 1800, when Josiah Spode the Second added calcined bones to the hard-paste porcelain formula. Although hard-paste porcelain is strong, its vitreous nature causes it to chip fairly easily, whereas bone china does not. Hard-paste porcelain is preferred on the European continent, whereas bone china is preferred inā¦
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Read MoreJosiah Spode the Second later added this bone ash to the true, hard porcelain formula, and the resulting body, known as bone china, has since become the standard English porcelain. Hard porcelain is strong, but its vitreous nature causes it to chip fairly easily and,ā¦
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