Its history is traced from small beginnings to the present day, with important chapters on design and decoratio n and the art directors, artists, and gilders working from 1835 to the 20th century. . Fascinating plans chart the expansion and modernization of the works between 1833 and 1937; detailed appendices h ave been researched from the archives. .This absolutely magnificent book contains illustrations showing the range of products, including commissions for Royalty, nobility and not forgetting examples of the everyday wares of two centuries.

. Here is new unpublished information, drawings and plans showing the many changes which have taken place at the Spode works. This is the story of a Pottery th at has survived over 2 centuries and still produces fine innovative wares. 288 pages., 160 full color and 146 B/W illustrations. . The Spode Copeland Spode story has been compiled from hitherto unpub lished material from the family archives at Trelissick Mansion, Cornwall, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Copeland, and from detailed research of the records in the Spode archives. It traces not only the history of the wares which were produced for over two hundred years but describes the evolution of the first small Spode pottery to the development of a nine acre site in the centre of Stoke-on-T rent, Staffordshire. It also traces the development of bone china and parian ware throughout the changing market conditions of this time and the adaptation of productionfrom coal firing to the use of gas and electricity. .It emphasizes the importance of the family's dedication to the product and the skill of the workers they employed.