Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Josiah Spode I (1733-1797), Potter

Potter; worked with Thomas Whieldon 1749-54 before setting up independently at Stoke; creator of bone china and underglaze blue printing; described as ‘mild, modest and unobtrusive’; his business was much enlarged by his son.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.