It included a group of three early 19th century ... Josiah Spode (1754-1827) learned his trade in his father's workshops in Stoke and in 1776 founded a firm manufacturing pottery, porcelain ...

One of the most, if not delicate, important task was that of the ‘handle-fixer’. His or her job was to ensure that the jug, teapot, cup or whatever, handle was fixed to the body with one hundred per ...