Josiah Spode 1 - Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Josiah Spode was an English potter and the founder of the English Spode pottery works which became famous for the quality of its wares.

Josiah Spode lived, worked, and died within the sound of the bells of St. Peters ad Vincula, parish church of Stoke-upon-Trent, and was buried in the grounds.
It was probably after the church was rebuilt between 1826-30 that a group of five chest tombs were errected for the Spode family. They are made of stone with simply carved panels between fluted pilasters, the tomb's inscriptions commemorate members of the family who died between 1797 and 1827.

These tombs are Grade 11 listed. (visit link)

The inscription on Josiah Spode 1 tomb reads;

"Scared to the memory of
JOSIAH SPODE
Potter
who died 18th August 1797
aged 64"

Josiah Spode is often credited with the establishment of blue underglaze transfer printing in Staffordshire in 1781–84, and with the definition and introduction in c. 1789–91 of the improved formula for bone china (a form of soft-paste porcelain) which thereafter remained the standard for all English wares of this kind. Source: (visit link)
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Description: Josiah Spode (1733-1797 was the founder of the Spode pottery manufactory. He was known as Josiah Spode I even though his father was also a Josiah Spode. Josiah I was born on 23rd March 1733 - the only son of poor parents in Lane Delph a village in Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. When he was six, his father died and was buried in a pauper's grave. From the age of 16 in 1749, Josiah was apprenticed to one of the best potters in the area, Thomas Whieldon. He remained with Whieldon until he was 21. Josiah Spode established a business in Stoke-on-Trent in 1767 and his outright ownership of the works dates from 1776. Date of birth: 03/23/1733 Date of death: 08/18/1797 Area of notoriety: Other Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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