SPODE !! Vintage Collectable Italian Blue Design Spode Fine Porcelain Cake Plate

VINTAGE SPODE COLLECTABLE ITALIAN BLUE DESIGN FINE PORCELAIN CAKE PLATE - C.1816 L (THE ORIGINAL SPODE FROM WHICH THIS SPODE ITEM IS A RE-RELEASE)

ONE OF SPODES MOST FAMOUS PATTERNS, THE ITALIAN PATTERN, ALSO KNOWN AS BLUE ITALIAN AND SPODE'S ITALIAN, WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED BY SPODE IN 1816.  THE PATTERN WAS THEN IN CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION WITH RE-RELEASES UNTIL THE FACTORIES CLOSURE IN 2009.    THE ITALIAN DESIGN WAS IMMEDIATELY POPULAR UPON ITS RELEASE IN 1816 AND HAS REMAINED SO EVER SINCE

THE ITALIAN PATTERN DEPICTS A SCENIC LANDSCAPE PATTERN IN THE CENTER OF THE CAKE PLATE WITH A RUIN BESIDE A RIVER.  THE RUIN IS CONSIDERED THAT OF THE GREAT BATH AT TIVOLI, NEAR ROME.  THE ROW OF HOUSES IS A COMPOSITION TAKEN FROM LATIUM AREA NEAR UMBRIA NORTH OF ROME,  AND ADDED, WHILE THE CASTLE IS TAKEN FROM THE PIEDMONT AREA AND LOMBARDY   (This pattern is taken from sketches made by a traveling artist of scenes he encountered on his journey through Italy.   SPODE used the sketches to create the pattern).     THE SUCCESS OF THE SPODE ITALIAN PATTERN IS DUE TO ITS COMBINATION OF A CLASSICAL SCENE TOGETHER WITH A CHINESE INSPIRED FLORAL BORDER / VERGE.

THIS PARTICULAR CAKE PLATE WAS MANUFACTURED DURING THE 1980's, BASED ON THE "L"  WITHIN THE BACKSTAMP.  SPODE USED THE LETTERS A - N FOR THE YEARS 1976 TO 1989

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE CAKE PLATE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "SPODE, ENGLAND, ITALIAN, SPODE DESIGN C.1816, L"

CONDITION : THE CAKE PLATE IS IN PRISTINE PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRAZING, CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 2.6cm HEIGHT OF HANDLES.....2.2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....13.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....24.4cm ACROSS RIM..... 28.8cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE

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