VINTAGE LOT/SET (1920-1959) OF 7 COPELAND SPODE CERAMIC DINNERWARE ITEMS - SERVING PLATTER, FOUR CREAM SOUP BOWLS AND A GRAVY/SAUCE BOAT WITH SEPARATE TRAY - MERVILLE PATTERN
SPODE WAS FOUNDED BY JOSIAH SPODE (1733 - 1797). HE PERFECTED THE TECHNIQUE FOR TRANSFER PRINTING IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ON FINE EARTHENWARE IN 1783/4. SPODE IS ALSO CREDITED WITH DEVELOPING THE FORMULA FOR FINE BONE CHINA IN 1790 WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND USED BY PORCELAIN MANUFACTURERS EVER SINCE. THE SON OF JOSIAH SPODE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL MARKETING OF ENGLISH BONE CHINA ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
THIS MAGNIFICENT AND RARE SET/LOT OF COPELAND SPODE DINNERWARE WAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1920 and 1959 AND THIS PARTICULAR PATTERN, KNOWN AS "MERVILLE" WAS MOST LIKELY RELEASED IN 1958 AND DISCONTINUED IN 1959. THE PATTERN IS UNIQUE IN ITSELF IN THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN REPRODUCED AGAIN NEITHER BY COPELAND SPODE NOR ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. SECTIONS OF ATTRACTIVE PASTEL MIST BLUE OAK LEAVES ARE DRAPED ACROSS THE RIMS DOWN ONTO THE VERGE OF EACH ITEM WITH BEAUTIFUL FLORAL DISPLAYS PLACED IN SPACES BETWEEN UPON THE BRIGHT WHITE BACKGROUND
THE LOT/SET CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ALL IN PERFECT CONDITION -
1)- AN OVAL/OCTAGON SERVING PLATTER - 3.8cm HEIGHT.....27cm by 18cm OVAL BASE..... 38.5cm LENGTH..... 28cm WIDTH
2)- FOUR (4) CREAM SOUP BOWLS EACH - 5.8cm HEIGHT.....4.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....11cm DIAMETER OF RIM..... 15.8cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE
3)- GRAVY BOAT TRAY - 2.4cm HEIGHT.....12.4cm by 8.8cm OVAL BASE.....19.4cm LENGTH.....14.4cm WIDTH
4)- GRAVY/SAUCE BOAT - 12cm HEIGHT OF HANDLE.....11.5cm HEIGHT OF SPOUT.....8cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....6.8cm WIDTH ACROSS RIM.....9.2cm WIDTH OF BODY....8.8cm by 6.5cm OVAL BASE.....22cm TIP OF SPOUT TO BACK EDGE OF HANDLE
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "COPELAND, SPODE, ENGLAND, MERVILLE"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
https://newlynantiques.smugmug.com/Newlyn-Antiques/Backstamps/
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/spode-and-copeland-british-bone-china-148575
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Vint-Copeland-Spode-Eng-Large-Serve-Platter-in-Merville-Pat-Great-/151411302414
CONDITION : ALL SEVEN ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS,CRAZING, CHIPS, DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
ONE BID FOR ALL SEVEN (7) ITEMS AS A LOT / SET
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
A Courier service is also available upon request
This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 10kgs with Courier
COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE,VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEMS ONCE PACKAGED
