Events/Programs

Lecture: Saving Spode

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Donald Carpentier, an expert in the process of manufacturing the kinds of earthenwares made in the factories of Staffordshire, has collected period potters' tools, interviewed potters, and preserved some of the less glamorous history of the potting business.  Under the aegis of his Historic Eastfield Foundation, he bid to preserve the Spode factory, founded in Stoke-on-Trent the 18th century by Josiah Spode, which was bankrupt and scheduled for demolition.  The original Spode blakcs, molds, tools, and other items are now at Eastfield Village. Presented by the Pottery and Porcelain Club.