Pattern 630 Spode bone china Bute shape Coffee Can produced by Josiah Spode II c1804. It appears to have some Greek or Roman influence in its hand-painted & gilded design.
Greek Olympics come to mind. It is one of the last European influenced Spode designs prior to the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. Britain looks to the Far East for design influences following this decisive period.
You can see the brush strokes & how the decorator applied the hand-painted enamels & gilding
The base of the coffee can is unmarked which is as expected for this time.
A highly important Josiah Spode II bone china Jug & Bowl in this same pattern of c1804 has recently been discovered which informs us of the shapes the Spode factory was producing in this very early period.
Both pieces were marked to their bases with the pattern number '630' in gilt & although there are a couple of rare earthenware blue transfer decorated Spode pieces in these shapes I am not aware of another single piece of Spode bone china porcelain in either of these shapes.
You can see the usual Josiah Spode II signature gilding pattern down the handle but at its base is a moulded form which I have not come across in Spode bone china before. This jug was probably part of a Dessert Service and could have been used for many different pouring liquids.
Neither of these two shapes of jug or elliptical basin appear in the 1817 or 1820 Spode shape books. However it is known that Wedgwood was producing a similar shaped basin in creamware towards the end of the 18th century & it was a design which had come to Britain from France at that time.
Both pieces are in very good condition for their age.
All hand-painted in a European inspired design produced by Josiah Spode II one year before the Battle of Trafalgar. This is a highly important piece of Spode bone china.