Pattern 609 Spode bone china Bute shape Coffee Can hand decorated with profuse gilding, Josiah Spode II introduced this design c1804. I know it as 'tiny gilt leaves', but Leonard Whiter in his book, 'Spode a History of the Family, Factory and Wares from 1733 to 1833' describes it as 'all over leaf'. The design was very popular and reproduced with many variations over the following 150 years, the first example being Pattern 531 in 1803 but I do not have one of these (yet).
The Spode kinked handle is decorated completely in solid gilt
A gilt diamond motif border runs along the top & bottom of the coffee can exterior decoration and appears again at the interior top rim
The whiteness of the porcelain looks so clean and would have been revolutionary compared to what had existed prior to the discovery & availability of porcelain.
Unmarked to its base & with a tiny hairline crack but I can overlook this fault
This is a matching Pattern 609 Spode Bread & Butter Plate also known as a Large Saucer Dish measuring 7.25 inches in diameter which is the smaller of the two that came with a Tea/Coffee Service of the period
This piece is not marked but often the main pieces of a Tea/Coffee Service did have their pattern numbers written on their bases