Pattern 447 Spode bone china Bute shape Coffee Can decorated with a grapevine which is hand-painted & gilded in a very stylised manner. This design was introduced by Josiah Spode II c1802. The main lateral of the vine wiggles around the top rim of the coffee can & bunches of grapes & vine leaves suspend from it together with corkscrew tendrils in gilt.
This is a very quirky and charming design & I love its simplicity.
Spode's brand of gilding down the kinked handle was his mark of quality assurance
What a beauty!
The inevitable spots & specks inside, this was early days for Spode's bone china production
This Spode coffee can doesn't have any pattern number or decorator's marks on its base which is to be expected for this period but it does have an old collector's label.
Here are the Spode pattern 447 bone china Bute shape Tea Cup & Saucer companion pieces. Together with the matching Spode Coffee Can they make what is known to Antique Porcelain Dealers as a Trio although the originals were never sold in trios they came in complete Tea Services ranging in dozens & half dozens (multiples of 12's & 6).
Neither of these pieces of Spode bone china are marked to their bases which together with the early pattern indicates an early date. Another Andrews Collection sticky label, Derek & Yvonne Andrews were very keen, early Spode collectors, for over 30 years.
Here is a Spode bone china New Oval shape Creamer in pattern 447.
It is still in very good condition even though it is over 200 years old. I particularly like this hand-painted design & the Josiah Spode II gilding pattern down the length of its handle.
What a beauty! Notice the small imperfection on the handle which has been gilded over - antiques which are invariably handmade are never perfect & that is a large part of the pleasure of them.
Many careful owners have admired this object
Faintly marked to its base with its pattern number '447' in iron-red enamel this Spode bone china Creamer in New Oval shape also has an old Andrews collector's label.
A small herd of Spode bone china New Oval shape Creamers. Pattern numbers (left to right) are 312, ??? unknown, & 447.
The Spode Museum Trust cannot locate the pattern number for this particular design in their records so if anyone has a Spode piece in this pattern which is marked to its base please contact either myself or the Spode Museum Trust as we would both be greatly interested to learn.
Bamfords Auction House sold a matching Teapot at their 3 day Antique & Fine Art Sale of March 2010 but sadly the pattern number was not mentioned in the details & the link to a photograph of this Teapot no longer works.