


Domestic residences accompanied the premises. The firm moved successively to 46 then 45 Fore Street.ġ784 Josiah Spode perfected the blue under-glaze printing process for which he earned renown in the ceramics business.ġ784 William Copeland started work for Josiah II in Londonġ794 Finally moved the London shop to 5 Portugal Street, adjacent to Lincoln's Inn Fields.

His business in creamware (a fine cream-coloured earthenware) and in pearlware (a fine white-glazed earthenware) was very successful.ġ778 Decided to open a London shop at 29 Fore Street, managed by his son, Josiah Spode II. Spode, a manufacturer of pottery and porcelain, of Stoke-on-Trentġ767 Josiah Spode (1733-1797) opened a factory in Stoke-on-Trentġ776 He developed the current Spode factory.
