Maker W.T. Copeland & Sons
Period: Late Victorian
The standard of potting of this finely ribbed Copeland demitasse and saucer is remarkable. The cup has twenty-two flutes, and the saucer thirty. It gives them a highly tactile quality.
The decoration is a variation of the famous ‘Willow Pattern’ print, created in England in about 1790 from Chinese originals.
The demitasse and saucer were made in March 1889. We know this from the impressed ‘M’ and ‘89’ on the saucer base. ‘1/1327’ is the number for the pattern that Copeland introduced in 1877.
The green backstamp on the saucer is the Copeland Spode seal mark circled by ‘Manufacturers Stoke-upon-Trent’ (‘Stoke’ is missing). The backstamp was used by Copeland from about 1880 to 1890.
Condition Perfect. A few stray specks of gilt from the gilder’s brush.
Cup Height 6.5 cm; Diameter 6 cm; Width across handle 8 cm
Saucer Diameter 12 cm
Net weight 164 g
Medium: Bone china (porcelain)
Origin: Spode Works, Stoke, Staffordshire Potteries, England
See Spode and Copeland in Makers & Artists for background on the factory
