Spode: Eating off antique blue and white china

Robert’s ‘Morning Kick’ tea. Smoked Salmon, a quarter of lemon and a slice of wholemeal bread – eaten at the glass topped table or out in the courtyard… Sweet white dessert wine. Summer Pudding, weighted down by a stone cannon ball. A stack of crumpets beside the fire… Little Scarlett jam. Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding. Freshly ground coffee, with the cream in the cup first!. Fortnum and Mason’s Christmas Puddings…

Spode is a Stoke-on-Trent based pottery company that was founded by Josiah Spode (1733-1797) in 1770. Josiah Spode earned renown for perfecting under-glaze blue transfer printing in 1783-1784 – a development that led to the launch in 1816 of Spode’s Blue Italian range which has remained in production ever since.