Pattern 868 Spode bone china Bute shape Coffee Can all hand-painted & decorated in a Japanese Kakiemon style using iron-red, cobalt blue, puce & turquoise enamels together with rich gilding.  This pattern was introduced c1805, around the time of the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic Wars & the death of Admiral Nelson. See Josiah Spode II's bute shape tea cup which commemorates this event at the Royal Museum Greenwich here: https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/porcelain-teacup-e6027
The British fleet took on the combined French & Spanish Navies, the British had 27 ships & the others 33 ships.  Following the battle, the French & Spanish lost 22 ships & the British lost none although sadly they did lose a very good leader in the shape of Nelson.
From this point in history it is very noticeable that British fashions moved away from European influence and much more towards the Far Eastern styles coming from China & Japan.
A Spode Spill Vase in this same pattern can be seen in the Victoria & Albert Collections here:  http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O307267/spill-vase-spode-ceramic-works/
This pattern was produced by another English manufacturer with the pattern number 589 which I suspect may have been Grainger, Lee & Co of Worcester.  However the ceramic version which was not made by Spode always appears rather creamy & a bit dingy rather than pure, clean white porcelain.
A tiny smear of enamel where it shouldn't be
Nice clean base.  No maker's marks on the base of this one which is usual for this period. This is a lovely example of early Spode bone china porcelain
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