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ANTIQUE SPODE HOT WATER PLATE - FLORAL MOTIF - EARTHENWARE POTTERY - 1800-1849
A hot water plate was used to keep food warm. A cover - glass, metal or ceramic - could be used to help keep the heat in. These types of hot water plates were, at this period, for well-to-do families for use either in the nursery or for invalids, in the days before hospitals, when the wealthy were nursed at home. The grand but draughty houses with kitchens some distance away from the living rooms created a demand for all sorts of warming devices, from this type of plate, to spoon and ladle warmers and whole cupboards designed as plate warmers.
To use the hot water plate, heated water was poured into the base of the plate through the opening by the handle on the left. The opening was then covered with a little \'lid\' which is missing. This is not surprising as the \'lid\' was a tiny ceramic shell to match the fixed one on the right hand side handle. The \'lid\' shell was wired to the main pot through the tiny hole you may have spotted by the hot water opening.
ARTIST - English Spode Imperial Earthenware Pottery
PLACE OF MANUFACTURE - Stoke, England, Europe
I do not know the exact year this was made but for sure in the 1800\'s
This one is in nice shape. Has a tiny chip under lip near a handle but hardly noticed. It has some crazing. A bit of wear on Leaves Paint.
Marks: Impressed capital mark SPODE and a number I cannot make out.
11.25\" X 9.75\" X 2\"
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