Excerpt from Spode and His Successors Oriental suggestions, start on a conquering career over another hemisphere. The dynasty of Spode claims, and the careful conservation of his successors claims, a two-fold regard by collectors and connoisseurs. It is a tribute to their perspicacity that nothing mere tricious has emanated from the factory. Old English silver is hall-marked under State surveil lance. There are no laws governing the output of china and its standard, but Messrs. Copeland, the successors of Spode, have made their own law, and their mark is equivalent to the standard mark of the lion on silver. It is a proud record they hold, and as law givers and law makers in their kingdom they are rightly jealous of their unsullied reputation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.