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Spode

1 American  
[spohd] / spoʊd /
Trademark.
  1. china or porcelain manufactured by the Spodes or the firm they established.


Spode 2 American  
[spohd] / spoʊd /

noun

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


spode British  
/ spəʊd /

noun

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

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Bertie says when he first hears about Spode.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

He said he had a "particular interest in Spode with its history of design continuity over hundreds of years".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022

Conveniently, Spode and Wooster travel in the same Wodehouse-world circles — London clubs, the Ritz, Quaglino’s, the theater, Savile Row tailors and weekend country house parties — mooting the impingement question.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018

Its tech-based success story looms large in a city once dominated by its potteries, such as Wedgwood, Spode and Royal Doulton.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2018

More or less independent later experiments in France and England led to Sevres, Wedgwood, and Spode porcelains.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond