Spode

¹

[ spohd ]

Trademark.

1. china or porcelain manufactured by the Spodes or the firm they established.

Spode

²

[ spohd ]

noun

1. Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.

spode

/ spəʊd /

noun

1. sometimes capital china or porcelain manufactured by Josiah Spode, English potter (1754–1827), or his company

Example Sentences

But Spode is a character from pure planet Wodehouse—just as much as Aunt Agatha or Gussy Fink-Nottle.

From The Daily Beast

Before that it had been the china warehouse of Messrs. Spode and Copeland.

From Project Gutenberg

The first Josiah Spode had a factory here in 1784 for the production of earthenware.

From Project Gutenberg

But Josiah Spode is best known as devoting considerable skill in the improvement of under-glaze blue-printing cream-ware.

From Project Gutenberg

Spode had a leaning for Oriental subjects in his blue printed ware, which was quickly adopted by Leeds.

From Project Gutenberg

Josiah Spode, about 1784, introduced his under-glaze blue "willow pattern," a copy of the Caughley pattern.

From Project Gutenberg