Copperplates

This collection, the greatest in the world, comprises over 25,000 copperplates

 

This collection, the greatest in the world, comprises over 40,000 copperplates, engraved over 200 years, from which transfer prints were taken for printed ceramic wares. They include a wide variety of subjects and are fine examples of the engraver’s art.

Engravers Tools

Copperplate Cabinet in the Blue Room

Copperplate Cabinet in the Blue Room

 

Other Archive Material

This collection includes some 250,000 manuscripts, letters, invoices, artefacts and tools relating not only to Spode but also to various other aspects of ceramic making in Staffordshire.

About additional archive materials

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