Pattern 1025 Spode bone china Bute shape Coffee Can introduced in 1806. The design is printed using the 'Pluck & Dust' method & together with the addition of a gold edge. The print is known as P502-1 & is described in Spode's Pattern Books as 'Red plants & Insects'. It is very similar to pattern 1019 with just the addition of extra coloured enamels, charcoal, green & turquoise (although there is no turquoise enamel on this particular example but see lower down for a Trio with this colour).
The botanical illustrations were copied from the Curtis Botanical Magazine which was first published in the UK in 1787 and is the longest running botanical magazine still being published today.
The green insects appear to be printed in charcoal and then hand-dusted over the print with powdered green enamel.
Lovely Spode gilding down the kinked handle shows nicely against the white porcelain
There are definitely less faults to be found
And an iron-red printed Spode backstamp which officially dates to the period 1800 to 1820 but was probably introduced in 1806 with Pluck & Dust printing.
Pattern 1025 Spode bone china Bute shape Trio decorated in P502-1 'Red Plants & Insects' introduced c1806. It was printed using the Pluck & Dust method with colourful enamels & gilding.
I love all the Dragonflies, Butterflies, Moths & various creepy crawlies mixed in with sea shells & botanical floral specimens.
This was the Age of Enlightenment & scientific discoveries and thus it was important to be considered knowledgeable on all sorts of subjects.
Even the base of the bute shape tea cup has a matching 'red plant'. What an absolute beauty this Trio is!
The bases of these Spode tea-ware items are not marked at all (which was usual for this period) --- apart from kiln dust!
Pattern 1025 Spode bone china Large Saucer Dish also known as a Bread & Butter Plate. It is decorated using the 'Pluck & Dust' printing method newly developed at Spode c1806. I love the central crocus & the various natural beauties that surround it.
There were usually two of these large dishes included in a Tea/Coffee Service of this time. They were different sizes, one was about 8.5 inches wide & the other was about 7.25 inches depending on what the hostess was offering her guests in the way of 'treats' to accompany the drinks so she would use either the smaller or the larger or both. This particular Saucer Dish is the smaller of the two.
It is marked to its base with the Spode pattern number '1025' in red enamel. You can see the stilt marks made as it rested on them during its firing in the Spode kilns. There is also a worker's mark in red enamel & a slight crack at 9 o'clock but this is such a beautiful & rare object that I really don't mind in the slightest.