100 YR OLD ANTIQUE BLACK & WHITE COPELAND'S SPODE ITALIAN CACHEPOT PLANTER, F457

Description

Maker
: This beautiful antique planter or cachepot is by the English maker Copeland's Spode. And it reflects that company's superb quality: the craftsmanship is of a high standard.
Design
: The pattern is Spode's iconic Italian in classic black and white. The blue version of the pattern was created in 1816 and discontinued in 2009, when the Spode factory closed. The black version's creation date is not known; like the blue, it was still in production when the factory closed.
Other examples of this cachepot have the handwritten pattern number F457 but this early pot does not.
Age
: The "Copeland Spode's Italian" mark on the base, with the word "England" but not the phrase "Made in England", dates the planter to between 1891 - when the word England was required on all English china for export - and around 1921, when the phrase "Made in England" became mandatory. That makes the planter at least 100 years old and perhaps older.
Condition
: It has no nicks, chips, significant scratches or repairs. There is substantial large crazing on the base and the interior shows light signs of use as a flowerpot. Descending from the upper edge is an old hairline crack that extends about 1 5/8 inches. These are shown in the photos with the penny.
Size
: The planter is 7 inches wide at the opening, 4 3/4 inches wide at the base and 6 inches tall. It weighs 2 pounds 2 ounces.
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