Spode Limited 1966
- occupation:
- Manufacturer of ceramics
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Manufacturer of ceramics, porcelain, Parian ware etc at Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
1776 - Josiah Spode I (1733-1897) establishes his own company to make ceramics in Stoke
1797 - William Copeland (d. 1826) becomes a partner at Spode with Josiah Spode II (d. 1828)
1833 - William Taylor Copeland in partnership with Thomas Garrett and the company became Copeland and Garrett. (late Spode)
1847-1966 - W T Copeland & Sons
1966 onwards - merged with Royal Worcester but manufacture at the Spode works continued until 2008.
2009 - acquired by the Portmeirion Group plc and Spode products continue to be manufactured in Stoke