Spode Blue Italian Rectangular Covered Butter Dish

The Spode Blue Italian pattern has graced English tables for over two centuries, and this covered butter dish is a practical and collectible piece from one of the pattern's most useful and sought-after forms, with the crisp blue transfer work and confident tableware proportions that have made Spode Italian a perennial collector favourite.

Featuring the pattern's detailed blue transfer landscape scene with decorative floral and scroll borders, this rectangular covered butter dish includes a matching tray and is finished to the high standard associated with Spode tableware. A practical and collectible piece suited to blue and white displays, traditional table settings and curated Spode collections. Blue Italian butter dishes in good condition are increasingly sought after by collectors who want to build a complete and functional Spode Italian service, and the covered rectangular form is one of the more practical and display-friendly pieces in the range. The Spode Blue Italian pattern has been in continuous production since 1816, and pieces like this butter dish represent the pattern at its most useful and enduringly appealing. This example is in visible condition as shown in the images.

• Maker: Spode, England, Blue Italian pattern
• Dimensions: 6 cm (H) x 18 cm (W)
• Condition: Visible condition as shown in images
• Features: Blue transfer-printed Blue Italian pattern, rectangular covered butter dish with matching tray, landscape scene, floral and scroll borders
• Period: 20th to early 21st century
• SKU: SKU-00329

A practical and collectible piece for admirers of Spode Blue Italian. Pairs naturally with the Copeland Spode Italian tea cup and saucer (SKU-00328), the Spode Blue Italian porcelain vase (SKU-00255), the W.T. Copeland Red Willow transferware plate (SKU-00334), and the wider Blues and Whites collection.