Literature, Mythology and the Arts

Searching for new design inspiration and opportunities to reach additional markets of interest, Spode turned to well-known literary themes and subjects in the performing arts to create new patterns for its wares.  Two major design series emerged:  Aesop's Fables and the Greek pattern series.  A common border pattern was designed for each series to be used on all shapes produced for that series.  Designers then created a different central pattern for each shape.  These two pattern series, along with a few individual patterns, similar in thematic content, are included in this section of the exhibit.


     
 
Aesop's Fables
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Greek
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Other Patterns
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