San Francisco Ceramic Circle

Sunday, 9th November 2003 Meeting

"Ceramic Bygones"

a slide lecture by

Robert Copeland

Historical Consultant to Spode Ltd., England

The November meeting of the San Francisco Ceramic Circle will be held on Sunday, 9th November in the Florence Gould Theater at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, San Francisco. Entrance is from the main entrance. The lecture will start at 10.00AM

About the Lecture: This talk will cover ceramic forms that are no longer used but were popular in their day. An example is a pineapple holder. Come to the lecture and find out about these unique ceramic treasures from one of our favorite speakers

About the Speaker: Robert Copeland is a great great grandson of William Copeland who became Josiah Spode's business partner circa 1790. Mr. Copeland trained as a potter following family tradition and has held many positions in the company management.

An avid collector, he inherited and expanded his father's collection of Spode blue transfer wares. He has spent more than 30 years researching the collection and the origins of the patterns which resulted in his book "Spode's Willow Pattern and other designs after the Chinese". He is also the author of "Spode and Copeland Marks".

He is a founder of the Gladstone Pottery Museum and Cheddleton Flint Mill Trust, both of which are important industrial Museums with connections to the potteries. He lectures extensively on more than 30 topics related to British ceramics. He has held the position of historical consultant to Spode since 1979.

Next meeting: January 2004 date and subject to be announced