[See def.] The surname of a maker of china, Josiah Spode (1754–1827), used attrib. to designate ware manufactured by him. Also ellipt., = Spode-ware.
1893. Auction Catal. Porcelain W. P. Hamond, 4. Two Spode cups. Ibid., 5. A Spode Dessert Service.
1899. M. Cobbett, Bottled Holidays, 149. A big, long-lipped, spode-ware jug, capable of holding a gallon.
1908. Daily Rep., 25 Aug., 8/3. Very little Spode has been for sale.
