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Background of Early Spode Josiah Spode began the company in 1776. He died suddenly in 1797, and his son, Josiah Spode II, worked to perfect his father’s accomplishments. In partnership with William Copeland, Josiah II continued the business for the next thirty years. Under their management, the company grew to be the largest pottery company in Stoke and a pre-eminent manufacturer of fine ceramics. Josiah Spode II was appointed “Potter to the Prince of Wales” when the Prince Regent visited the factory in 1806. Background of creamware Creamware is the name given to a type of earthenware pottery made from white clays from Dorset and Devonshire combined with calcined flint. Creamware was first produced in England sometime before 1740. Foremost of the pioneers of creamware in the Staffordshire Potteries was Thomas Whieldon. He created a wide variety of creamware. The young Josiah Wedgwood was in partnership with Thomas Whieldon from 1754-1759. When Wedgwood left to start his own business, he immediately focused his efforts on developing creamware. Many of the Staffordshire Potteries learned from Whieldon and Wedgwood and developed their own creamware products. We offer FREE shipping to the continental United States. For orders shipping outside the continental US, please email
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