Pattern 1960 Spode bone china Bute shape Coffee Can decorated with hand-painted bright orange Imari styled flowers together with two tone brown stems & larger leaves plus green smaller leaves outlined with black enamel. This Spode pattern 1960 which was introduced c1813 includes gilt decoration to its rims & handle whereas the same design which had been produced previously as Spode's pattern 1952 did not have the added gilt decoration.
Spode's patterns 1953 & 1958 are also similar to this one. Their pattern number 1953 uses several single sprays of this design rather than having two joined together with a large central flower. It may have either a gilt rim or possibly an enamel rim (I'm not sure because I have only seen a black & white photo of this design).
Spode's pattern number 1958 uses three floral sprays of this design flattened out to form a border around a central, blue printed, botanical flower illustration copied from Curtis' Botanical Magazine. In my opinion the blue printed botanical specimen looks rather odd with this border perhaps that explains why they are not commonly seen?
The distinctive Spode gilding pattern down their kinked handle.
This Spode bone china Bute shape Coffee Can is very rare & in great condition. I absolutely love it for its understated quality & design. It was produced c1813 which is the same year that Josiah Spode II introduced his new London shape tea wares which quickly became all the rage. Most English ceramic manufacturers introduced their own versions of the London shape and this new shape had made the Bute shape pretty much obsolete by c1818. Certainly very few customers were ordering Bute shape tea wares by 1820.
Look at how clean & beautiful Spode's bone china was c1813; they had really mastered production of this ceramic by this date.
The base of this Spode Coffee Can is still not marked with either the manufacturer's name or its pattern number but there is a decorator's mark in green enamel.