Date: circa 1805-1810
Period: Regency
Maker: Josiah Spode
This ‘New Oval’ shaped Spode creamer or milk jug is low bodied, sleekly curved and stylish, with a swooping lip that carries through to a graceful elliptical handle. It is decorated with an older Spode pattern of bucolic or Romantic English landscapes. Pattern 382, of which we have sepia-painted examples on Bute-shape cups, coffee cans and saucers, was introduced in 1802, and originally would have decorated ‘Old Oval’ creamers with straight sides. The ‘New Oval’ shape of creamers and teapots made its debut in England several years later.
The landscapes are hand-painted in black and grey. On one side is a village church, and on the other, a thatched farmhouse. The 382 pattern number is painted in gilt on the base.
Condition Good. No cracks, hairlines or repairs. Some rubbing to gilt bands on the side with church view, and to gilding on edge of rim and handle. A few scratch marks.
Length tip of lip to outer edge of handle, 13.9 cm
Height 10.7 cm
Net weight: 159 g
Medium: Bone china (porcelain)
Origin: Stoke-on-Trent, England
For background on the Spode factory, see Spode and Copeland in Makers & Artists
