1. Spode and Lenox are the best-known of the high-end tableware.

2. I lay out the old chipped Spode cups and saucers.

3. Spode china featured a large number of designs but was especially noted for its exotic birds.

4. The meal was served on white Minton china with gold rim and the coffee and desert were served on a Spode service.

5. Standard English bone china was produced c. 1800 when Josiah Spode II (1754-1827) added calcined bones to the hard-paste porcelain formula.

6. This made for tremendous growth in the pottery and porcelain industry, and the prosperity of such companies was Wedgwood, Spode and Royal Doulton.