For many Southerners, Christmas means setting up the tree, putting up the stockings, hanging a wreath on the door, and pulling the Spode Christmas Tree dishes out of the china cabinet. While Spode is ...

For nearly 250 years, Spode china has been manufactured in the same location in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. In fact, pottery has been manufactured on the same site since 1750, more than a ...

VERANDA's Style & Market Editor Catherine Smith reveals her fresh take on styling Spode’s iconic Christmas place setting.

Christine Gardner/Staff The Spode Christmas Tree pattern is celebrating 75 years this year. The company has released some limited edition 75th anniversary pieces. The gold collection includes ...

A: Bone china is a hybrid hard-paste porcelain actually made with animal bone. The bone (usually cattle) is first processed to remove any meat. It is then treated to remove glue. The bone is heated to ...

The town of Stoke was built around the famous Spode factory where the formula to mass-produce bone china was perfected by Josiah Spode, one of the leading names of the Industrial Revolution, in the ...

When it comes to collecting, Sue Welty of Davenport has a warning: "Be afraid, be very afraid!!!" Spode is a brand of china that was first made in the 1770s in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The company ...