His early products comprised earthenwares such as creamware (a fine cream-coloured earthenware) and pearlware (a fine earthenware with a bluish glaze) as well as a range of stonewares including black basalt, caneware, and jasper which had been popularised by Josiah Wedgwood. He then worked in a number of partnerships until he went into business for himself, renting a small potworks in the town of Stoke-on-Trent in 1767 in 1776 he completed the purchase of what became the Spode factory until 2008. Josiah Spode is known to have worked for Thomas Whieldon from the age of 16 until he was 21. Many items in Spode's Blue Italian and Woodland ranges are made at Portmeirion Group's factory in Stoke-on-Trent. Since 2009, Spode is owned by Portmeirion Group, a pottery and homewares company based in Stoke-on-Trent. The famous Spode company was saved from possible extinction. Later the company was picked up by the Portmeirion group. In 2008 the Copeland Spode company went through some financial troubles. His son, Josiah Spode II, was certainly responsible for the successful marketing of English bone china. Josiah Spode is also often credited with developing, around 1790, the formula for fine bone china that was generally adopted by the industry. He perfected the technique for transfer printing in underglaze blue on fine earthenware in 1783вЂ“1784 вЂ“ a development that led to the launch in 1816 of Spode's Blue Italian range, which has remained in production ever since. Spode was founded by Josiah Spode (1733вЂ“1797) in 1770, and was responsible for perfecting two extremely important techniques that were crucial to the worldwide success of the English pottery industry in the century to follow. Spode is an English brand of pottery and homewares produced by the company of the same name, which is based in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

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