Teacup Tuesday – Spode Blue Room

The Spode Blue Room collection is one of their most collected patterns.  The majority of the china is blue and white, but the Geranium pattern was also made in red, green, yellow and black and white.

This is one of the few cups in my collection in this color.

 This under glaze china pattern was printed using an interesting process that uses copper plates. 

The plates are heated with applied oxides and then wiped clean of the excess and stamped onto tissue paper.  The tissue is then transferred to the ceramic blank.  The piece is immersed in water so the tissue will float off leaving the pattern behind.  Then it is glazed and fired.

 I’ve read that Spode was purchased in 2009 by Portmeirion, another of my favorite china companies.  They want to carry on the work of this renowned British company that was founded over 200 years ago.

For some reason this is the teacup that I always choose when I have a cup of chai (Indian spiced tea) – it just seems to suite it. 

Please join Terri and Martha for Teacup Tuesday and Wanda Lee for Tuesday Tea for Two.