Definition of Spode

1. Noun. English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827).

Exact synonyms: Josiah Spode
Generic synonyms: Ceramicist, Ceramist, Potter, Thrower

2. Noun. A brand of fine English porcelain.
Generic synonyms: Porcelain
Language type: Trademark

Definition of Spode

1. a fine china [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spode

Spivakian
Spix's spine
Spizella
Spizella arborea
Spizella pusilla
Spk1 kinase
Splendore
Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon
Splendour of the Father
Split
Spock
Spock ears
Spockian
Spockish
Spode
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera frugiperda
Spokane
Spondias
Spondias mombin
Spondias purpurea
Spondweni virus
Sporades
Sporanox
Spork
Sporobolus
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus poiretii
Sporocystinea

Literary usage of Spode

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors by Frederick Litchfield (1900)
"spode. Josiah spode was born in 1733, and after serving an apprenticeship to Thomas Whieldon, sometime partner of Josiah Wedgwood (see WEDGWOOD), ..."

2. How to Identify Old China by Willoughby Hodgson (1905)
"spode JOSIAH spode, son of the first of that name, who had been a potter at ... spode also made a fine ware called opaque china which was used for dinner ..."

3. A Brief History of Old English Porcelain and Its Manufactories: With an by Louis Marc Solon (1903)
"spode. /^\NE hundred years have gone since Josiah spode, second of the name, ... It matters little whether Josiah spode did or did not introduce for the ..."

4. China Collector: A Guide to the Porcelain of the English Factories by Henry William Lewer (1913)
"Copeland, originally a traveller in the tea trade, had established relations with spode by proposing to sell the latter's tea services to his clients. ..."

5. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"... and having had various revolutions, is now occupied by Mr. spode, as a pottery and china warehouse. It was here that Macklin killed Mr. Ilan- nam, ..."

6. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: By the Right Hon by Nicholas Simons, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Leach, Anthony Hart, Lancelot Shadwell, Richard Torin Kindersley (1832)
"Elizabeth spode, Spinster, of the second part; Josiah . spode, her Father, of the third part; and William spode Settlement a and Josiah spode the Younger of ..."

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