George and others,

I did a quick Amazon.com and Google search for this, but had no luck. I 
found it on the Northern Ceramic Society website. Everyone should know 
that there are only 500 copies being printed.

I also found a good deal on their website. You can buy a CD that has the 
following books on it for 10pounds.

    * Collecting English Pottery & Porcelain
    * People & Pots
    * Staffordshire Porcelain 1740-1851
    * Stonewares & Stone Chinas of N England to 1851
    * Creamware & Pearlware Oriental Expressions
    * Made in Liverpool 1700-1850
    * Oriental Expressions



Cheers,
Ben Carter

On 4/22/2010 11:17 PM, George Miller wrote:
>          Robert Copeland’s new book *Manufacturing Processes of Tableware
> during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries* is a great addition to the
> literature.  Robert is a descendent of a famous family of potters who became
> the owners of the Spode Factory in the early nineteenth century.  After
> returning from service at the end of the World War II, he rejoined the
> family owned Spode Factory and spent three years “at the bench” where he
> became mastered the process of being a presser and spent time at various
> other processes of production before moving on to working at various stages
> of management and marketing.  In 1976, he was put in charge of the Spode
> Museum and worked as a historical consultant to the Spode Factory.  Robert
> has produced a couple of useful books including *Spode’s Willow Pattern and
> other Designs after the Chinese* and *Spode&  Copeland Marks*.  It is sad to
> relate that the Spode Factory recently closed down and the factory site is
> being demolished.
>
>
>
>              In 1986, I had the privilege of walking through part of the
> Spode works with Robert and something that amazed me was that he was able to
> address almost all of the potters we saw by their first name and clearly he
> knew them very well.  His book on the *Manufacturing Processes of
> Tableware*has a very large number of Spode workers doing various
> processes of
> production, and in many of these photos, Robert identified the worker
> performing the tasks being illustrated.  His descriptions of the processes
> of mixing clays, making slip, the making of master and working molds,
> pressing, laying on of footrings on oval vessels, slip casting, printing,
> glazing, sponge decorating, and firing of the wares are invaluable for
> anyone who wants to better understand how pots were made.  Most of the
> photographs are in color, and it is great to have color photos of Paul
> Holdway doing bat printing.  There is an excellent description of bat versus
> underglaze printing.
>
>
>
>              Robert’s book is 186 pages long and has been published by the
> Northern Ceramic Society and it sells for £25.  Information on ordering the
> book can be found at
> www.NorthernCeramicSociety.org/publications<http://www.northernceramicsociety.org/publications>only
> 500 copies have been printed.
>
>
>
> Peace,
>
> George L. Miller
>
>