Spode pearlware serving dish, ‘Trophies Etruscan’ Imari pattern, c. 1820

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Spode pearlware serving dish, the rectangular form with lobed rounded corners, printed & painted with an Imari type pattern of ‘precious objects’, a lotus flower design to the rim.
Known as ‘Trophies Etruscan’
Impressed ‘SPODE / 10’ ,
worn pattern no. 4200, painters mark in red
Circa 1820

32x24cm
good condition with minor signs of age

ref. TCC catalogue 5919 for an example, from the Copeland Spode period and dated 1883. It bears the pattern number 4155, meaning this example was 45 patterns later in the pattern book. There is a major difference between 4155 and 4200 – the first has gold details, this example has yellow instead!
The pattern name is very misleading: there is nothing even slightly ‘Etruscan’ about the design, which is vaguely based on a Chinese Export ‘Fitzhugh’ style. The ‘trophies’ are based on Chinese art’s use of ‘Precious Objects’, hence the scroll (paintings), vases, and caligraphy boxes.

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