Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Spode
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Description area
Dates of existence
1770-2009
History
Pottery company founded by Josiah Spode (1733-1797) in 1770. Company became Copeland & Garrett between 1833-47, continuing to use the Spode brand. Continued as W.T. Copeland & Sons 1847-1970. Business and factories continued under the name Spode Ltd from 1970. In 2006, merged with Royal Worcester. The merged company entered adminstration in 2008. The brand names and intellectual property were acquired by Portmeirion Group in 2009.
Places
Stoke-on-Trent
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
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Control area
Authority record identifier
GB-2014-WSA-01564
Institution identifier
GB 2014
Rules and/or conventions used
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-29
Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial