Maker: Spode  Pattern: Italian

A rare grape dish or small comport. Moulded into the body of the dish is a vine leaf and the dish has a serrated rim mimicking a vine leaf. By Spode standards it is a slightly "rustic" piece, quite heavy in its moulding and some surplus blue here and there. It must have been difficult to transfer, with all its moulding and shapes.
Backstamps: impressed Copeland and blue printed oval Copeland Spode's Italian England.
The glaze is finely crazed and there is a small area of restoration at 5 o'clock, otherwise excellent condition.

Dimensions: 30 x 21 cm 5.5 cm high / 11.75 x 8.5 ins 2.25 ins high