COPELAND SPODE BYRON PATTERN (1933-1969) HAND PAINTED SERVING BOWLS WITH TERRACE SHAPED RIM AND SIDES 

A VINTAGE COPELAND SPODE ENGLAND BYRON PATTERN (1933-1969) HAND PAINTED SET OF TERRACE OR PLATFORM SHAPED RIM SERVING BOWLS.

IT HAS A BROWN TRANSFER PRINTED SCENE WITH SOME HAND COLOURING! (PLEASE SEE PHOTOS) THE BYRON PATTERN IS DISCONTINUED, RATHER COLLECTABLE AND RARE TO FIND.

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AND APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT INVOLVED IN MAKING THESE ITEMS.
IN THE MODERN ERA YOU RARELY SEE THESE HAND PAINTED ARTWORK FROM ENGLAND.

I HAVE TWO(2) BREAKFAST CUP DUOS AND VARIOUS OTHER BYRON PATTERN HAND COLOURED TEA CUP SAUCER AND SIDEPLATE TRIOS, PLATES AND BOWLS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. IT IS A RARE CHANCE TO ACQUIRE ONE OR ALL OF THESE BEAUTIES! ENJOY YOUR BIDDING.

BYRON PATTERN (1933-1969):
SPODES BYRON IS AN INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE DISCONTINUED TABLEWARE DESIGN FROM THE SPODE WORKS. IT IS RATHER COLLECTABLE AND IS OFTEN CHALLENGING TO FIND IN GOOD CONDITION AS PIECES WERE OFTEN USED.
THE 'BYRON' TRANSFERWARE PATTERN WAS FIRST REGISTERED IN 1851. THE PATTERN DEPICTS ENGLISH PASTORAL SCENES, BASED ON THE POETRY OF LORD GEORGE GORDON BYRON (1788-1824). Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. MOST OF THESE SCENES USED IN THE PATTERN WERE DERIVED FROM ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE ART JOURNAL PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1849 AND 1865.
SPODE'S BYRON PATTERN FOR TABLEWARE WAS FIRST PRODUCED IN THE 1930S AND USED A DIFFERENT SCENE FOR THE CENTRE OF EACH DIFFERENT SHAPE WITHIN A SERVICE. THE PATTERN WAS PRINTED IN BROWN AND THEN HAND COLOURED. THE BYRON PATTERN IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED ON JULY 1ST 1969.
 
SIZE: 16CM DIAMETER 3CM HIGH
 
MARKINGS: COPELAND SPODE MARK USED BETWEEN 1890 AND 1969.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 300 IDENTIFYING MARKS, DATEMARKS AND BACKSTAMPS ON COPELAND SPODE POTTERY GOING BACK AS FAR AS 1770, ACCORDING TO HEIRLOOMS ANTIQUES CENTRE. THESE MARKS ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES, INCLUDING EARLY SPODE FROM 1770 TO 1833, COPELAND & GARRETT FROM 1833 TO 1847, WT COPELAND FROM 1847 TO 1970 AND AND REVERTING BACK TO JUST SPODE FROM 1970 TO 2022.
THE STANDARD MARK WITH THE WORD "COPELAND" ABOVE A SQUARE BOX WITH WHAT LOOKS TO BE CHRISTMAS TREES AND THE WORD SPODE IN THE CENTER AND ENGLAND UNDERNEATH WAS USED FROM 1890 ONWARDS UNTIL 1969. 
FROM 1890 ONWARDS THE NAME OF SPODE WAS AGAIN INTRODUCED TO THE COPELAND MARKS AFTER A LONG ABSENCE SINCE 1833. FROM 1891, IT WAS ALSO REQUIRED TO ADD THE WORD ENGLAND TO PORCELAIN MARKS IN GENERAL BUT PRIMARILY MEANT  FOR THE EXPORT MARKED.
FROM 1970 THE NAME REVERTED BACK JUST TO SPODE AND FROM 1976 THE SPODE LOGO CHANGED TO RED AND THE WORD FINE WAS ADDED TO BONE CHINA IN BLACK.
 
CONDITION: MINOR SCRAPES TO GREEN PAINTED RIMS. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION.
 
SPODE (1766 - present): Josiah Spode apprenticed as a potter in the mid-1700s. By 1754, he went to work for William Banks in Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. Later, he started his own pottery business, making cream-colored earthenware.
Spode pioneered the use of steam-powered, pottery-making machinery and mastered the art of transfer printing from copper plates,. Spode opened a London shop in 1778 and sent William Copeland there in about 1784. By the early 1830s, Copeland fully acquired the Spode operations in London and took over the Stoke plant operations until his death in 1868, when he passed the business onto his heirs.
After 250 years Spode is still designed in Britain and has now become synonymous with British ceramics.

PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS PORCELAIN ITEMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. INCLUDING VARIOUS OTHER COPELAND SPODE BYRON PATTERN TABLEWARE PIECES.