A superb and rare Spode Porcelain 'Gold Lustre' Coffee Can c.1807

A superb and rare Spode Porcelain 'Gold Lustre' Coffee Can c.1807. The Bute Shape Coffee Can, superbly decorated in this exuberant eye catching design of 'Gold Lustre' to the exterior, along with a band of burnished gold to the front, the interior and handle both solidly gilded. 

 Henry Daniel had become Josiah Spode II's chief decorator in 1805 & John Hancock also came to work for Henry Daniel at this time.  John Hancock had already developed platinum lustre decoration sometime before 1805 whilst he was employed by Messrs Turner, of Lane End, Stoke-on-Trent.  Platinum lustre decoration was almost immediately employed in Spode's designs of 1805.

'Gold Lustre' was John Hancock's latest development c1807.  It was discovered that a very thin smear of gold (of varying tones) on a white porcelain body when fired produced pink & purple mottled lustre.

A whole service in this pattern must have been extremely expensive given the amount of gold used! 

Condition: Two hairline cracks to the coffee can have been professionally stabilised. 

Provenance: The Betty Reed Collection