THE CHATEAU'S COLLECTION OF SPODE CHINA!
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- This Sunday I indulge my love of porcelain and delve into the world of Spode! I show you pieces from our collection at the Chateau de Lalande and talk about the fascinating history of this quintessentially British brand.
I’m so happy that, when I first bought Lalande 15 years ago, I went crazy in the Spode factory shop and bought enough plates to serve 30 people when there were only 4 of us living there 😂
I believed that one day the chateau would be filled with people and laughter, and that dream’s come true! (Which, incidentally, means that the chateau is also filled with a lot of broken or cracked plates, but that’s a price I’m happy to pay - and it gives me a great excuse to add to my collection! 😉)
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In 'Sundays at the Chateau', chatelaine Stephanie answers all your questions about life in the 16th century Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️ - Навчання та стиль
Over the past I went through all 148 Château Diaries looking for this vlog. 40 years ago I was a sales clerk in a department store’s china, crystal & silver department. I’ve always been crazy over blue & white. I worked there for 5 years. I couldn’t decide which pattern to buy so I began buying plates of different patterns from different companies in different sizes. In 1981 I talked my mom into a grand European trip (For 3 months). First stop London. We did a great loop of England & Scotland. For me it was to reach Stoke-on-Trent. I drug my mother from factory outlet to outlet. We went to Wedgewood, Johnson Brothers and Spode. I began collecting plates as souvenirs from every country. I really hadn’t studied blue & white china companies patterns. I probably could have done better collecting in Britain. I only knew the companies my department store sold. Thank you this vlog. I’m looking forward to your Limoges talk.
I love your enthusiasm, passion and your voice. Thank you for sharing your life and friends at Lelande with the world.
Heidi Halderman.
Does everyone want to immediately to go out on a Spode adventure ? Well done Stephanie, informative, articulate, and inspiring.
Yes!!!!
eBay here I come
I so agree. Learning more about the blue and white pottery helps me know why I've always liked them.
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Immediately went on eBay and Etsy and spent. I would never have known 30 minutes ago that blue and white is exactly what I need in my life
Youre a great teacher and entertainer. Laland is lucky to have you looking after her.
I was fortunate enough to find a large selection of Blue Willow China at a local Goodwill for .99 each! I’ve always had a love for blue and white China.
Ah, a lovely porcelain episode, and narrated in Spode appropriate shirt! Yes please to a talk on Wedgwood, and beloved Bernardaud in the future! I do sometimes think it is the raison d'etre of a grand house to keep the china dry! Thanks for a real Sunday afternoon treat.
Thanks for the Bernardaud mention. My botanique service is such a delight.
You knowledge about everything in the chateau is fascinating! A natural born storyteller! Very enjoyable! Thank you!!!❤️👍😘
Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed it, I’m obsessed with porcelain!
The Chateau Diaries A fairytale for grownups. 🧚♂️
@@olgaraffa1 it really is. Great explanation. Bravo!
So synchronistic my father searched antique stores and collected blue and white spode plates for our summer home. They each tell a story and work perfectly well together. I remember wonderful meals around the kitchen table with fabulous food and conversation.
I want to know everything you know!!! Make videos on everything!!! ❤❤❤ You are amazing Stephanie. You give this stay at home mom life!!! Thank you.
Rose Marie Bowersox Stephanie has brightened my life too; I’m limited physically so I’m home bound a lot of the time. Best wishes to you!
@@loraferrante9486 isn't she just wonderful. I'm so glad you're able to experience so much through her. That has to be just wonderful for you. Best wishes Lora
Your Daddy must have been so proud of you Stephanie, you clearly loved each other very dearly 💐 yes please to Wedgewood
love the lemons on the table binge watching all the episodes just now I had just been thinking after watching DIY that you should have a series of your own
Thank you! Luckily, with the vlog, I feel as though I do! It’s great to live in an age where we can create our own content like this 😊
@@TheChateauDiaries Stephanie, how did you learn how to create and edit videos? I am trying to learn myself.
Stephanie, other than toile the blue and white is yet another of my favorite subject. Your introduction transports me to the past and the museum so I could savor the art myself. You're a great art teacher, renovator, model, hostess, speaker...the list goes on. Thank you so much for sharing your talents and gifts, and above all, your vision of a beautiful life, with us. I've done renovations and the rewards are life-changing. I hope I can be a volunteer at your chateau. I garden, cook delicious Chinese food and I love to clean/do dishes and decorate.
Thank you Stephanie for a little bit of history about Spode china. It prompted me to look up my favourite pieces: Ansley Orchard Gold. Also I have a 12 piece place setting, with serving dishes, of Villeroy and Boch Floglia 1748 from Luxembourg, which I love, but I also love the few pieces I have of Ansley Orchard Gold. Your table setting of blue and white Spode china, with lemons, daffodils and napkins, look delightful. Eating lunch in a pretty surrounding makes life enjoyable! Thank you for sharing your vlog with us.
Chateaux Diaries is my new church. 🙏❤️
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I really loved your lesson of the blue china . I am a Swedish retired old teacher of 81 year and I am always so happy when I can learn something new
Oh, Stephanie, we share a passion for the blue and white porcelain. I know, that your favourite mug is a blue fluted Mega mug from Royal Copenhagen. I collect and mix different patterns in blue and white from Royal Copenhagen! Blue fluted (my favourite), Mega, princess and so on. If you have not already, you should REALLY check out their website, and see all the designs and variations! And maybe visit their store in Copenhagen, if you get a chance 😃
I have always loved blue and white dinner wear because I grew up in a house where that’s all we used now I have blue and white dinner where in my home. I just realized that I have a cup with the Willow pattern on it. Crazy!
Stephanie, all your history lessons are perfection! Thank you! I Absolutely adore my Spode chinaware & love yours on display! 🏰💙💙
A month ago, I saw a few pieces of Spode in a local shop (Thrupps) in Illovo Johannesburg and my heart almost stopped, unfortunately the cost was too high for my small purse and I had to sadly walk away.
Thank you very much for this extremely informative and excellent video.
Good to know that the original factory still stands.
Thank you Stephanie and have a wonderful week. 🦋
Stephanie you are all class. I love your channel and your stories
Greetings from Boston Massachusetts !! I am so enjoying your wonderful videos, Your knowledge is outstanding! I learn with every episode !! God bless you and Chateau Diaries!
This was worth repeat viewing. Bravo Stephanie!
Thanks for the Spode tutorial! I never knew any of this although Ive always loved china or porcelain.What a blessing to have such a fun dad! You have a wonderful family
This is fascinating and beautiful. I would love to hear more about Wedgewood-if you haven’t already.
Thanks for reminding me of just how lovely and fresh and versatile blue Spode porcelaine is. And I see the factory has some good value seconds on sale!
Fab vlog.We had know idea that Portmerion Pottery had taken over Spode.We are most envious of Chateau De La Landes homely kitchen which is the perfect showcase for your beautiful Spode collection. Those herb pots are adorable! Sometimes we are guilty of overlooking how much artistic effort has gone into creating everyday objects and your vlog served up a reminder alongside a rather nice looking luncheon that Mrs G felt Claude Monet would have felt right at home in!!
Spode sure beats the modern idea of a roofing tile plate set....but guess there is something for everybody. Merci Bien.. we loved it.
On a more personal note: I had become so Americanized that I had forgotten the Art of matching fabrics to wallpapers for their intrinsic beauty and not for their matching aspect. Thank you so much for reminding me. My Tennessee Summer cottage is being enhanced with floral chintz and toiles because of Lalande.
Very interesting vlog, I love the way you chose you outfit to complement your talk today xx
The Empress Josephine used to match her outfits to her rooms!
Yes, the outfit matching is so cool.
I’m a descendant of Joseph Barratt who had Burslem pottery and you can still find Barratt Pottery 😍
I think I have a piece of Burslem. Love it!
You look so pretty and fresh in your blue and white blouse.
Your knowledge is impressive.
The shelves behind you show very nice plates.
Porcellain in white with blue patterns is always fresh and appetizing.
In Germany you also find this colour combination on the crockery of the famous porcellain producers like Meissen etc.
Thanks a lot for your entertaining and charming lecture.
Greetings from Germany
Ahhh, the good life! Simple, sweet, and welcoming. I too collect Spode porcelain and now am happy to know even more of its history! Thank you Stephanie
Stephanie, you excel in talking and presenting like this. Very natural and I learn so much. Think you will have your own TV shows in the future.
I am so happy you made a video on English porcelain.
I purchased last week in a charity shop a blue salad bowl from Johnson Brothers, which production was discontinued in 2015 (being first bought by Wedgwood then was bought by Fiskars)
I can't tell U how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE your collection!!!!
Quickly becoming a favorite channel of mine! Even my 112 year old victorian transitional home, can find hints that help my wife and I, can use!CHEERS
I have my grandmother's Spode Willow pattern tea set and have enjoyed so many afternoons having tea parties with my daughter and afternoon teas with friends. I was really interested in the history you shared and I have resolved to add to my collection. Your tablescape, at the end of the video, was beautifully simple and striking - and the addition of the lemons with leaves was perfect. Blue, white, yellow and green - just gorgeous.
You are a born teacher. How about taking on English silver next and those confusing marks. I have some inherited pieces and would love to know about them. They originally came from the American south but now live with me in Northern California.
My mother collected blue dishes and had many large decorative pieces as well, plant pots, casseroles, coffee urns, carafes, and I loved them. Though my sister doesn’t really like them she keeps them in memory of Mum. I have a few smaller pieces and I collect blue glass things. Having downsized several times over the last ten years I have had to give up many things I collected. You mentioned your Mum likes to collect antique linens and I had a nice collection of things I’d found over many years. My favourite things were the dainty handkerchiefs with beautiful lace work around the edges, I can’t imagine crocheting or tatting such delicate patterns but some were actually made by my great grandmother and her sister. I still have a few smaller doilies they made and I cherish them. Sadly the younger generation coming up have no love of them so they’ll no doubt be a nice find for someone in a charity shop when I’m gone. Thank you for telling us the history of Spode. I had some nice pieces of Wedgwood as well, CC on lavender was my favourite pattern. I only have one cup and saucer now and I enjoy having a nice cup of tea with a sweet as a treat. 🥰🙋🏼
I just adore the Blue Room collection. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you 💖💖💖
I would love to hear about the Wedgwood dishes! I have been passed down my grandmothers & I just love them!!! Thank you Stephanie for all the information you have given us regarding these dishes, so interesting! It makes you appreciate what you have!!! I love using them it reminds me of all the lovely dinners I had with my Nana❤️🇨🇦 PS love that your shirt 👕 matched!!!
This was wonderful! I do not own a chateau (ha! Yet!) but when I bought my home I did splash out on Spode and Johnson Brothers blue and white dishes! I was able to get matching sets for a very good price here in America (I think much of the discontinued 'Made in England/Made in The Potteries" sets are/were being sold in America) and really makes me feel great to serve my friends- and myself!- on such lovely, durable plates! It was great finding out about the history, and seeing that if it's good enough for a simple townhouse in the USA, it's good enough for a chateau in France!
I have some Spode.
But I can see the logic behind collecting blue n white..if one breaks a plate ,doesn’t matter too much.
Actually be a good idea if you could do more antique videos...also on jewellery ;would be cool.
Thanks Stephanie.
Another brilliant vlog. I breakfast on Blue Geranium . I had not realised that it wasn’t being produced any more .
So interesting! I am particularly happy to learn that Spode is being made in England again. Thank you so much!
Dear Stephanie, You look like a beautiful porcelain yourself in your blue and white blouse amidst the Spode backdrop! And then a jonquil appears with daffodils! Wonderful vlog. I am a potter myself, and am fascinated by the history of clay bodies and decorative treatments. I'm a great admirer of Spode, Wedgewood, and then more exciting process firings such as sagger, pit and Raku firings. I used to live in Princeton New Jersey near the Lenox China factory in Trenton. Oh, the factory sales attended and bins of porcelains I'd come home with! My now ex husband did not understand my passion for porcelains, pottery, antiques, pets, or anything. Oh well! Thank you for this lovely and amazingly informative video! Lady Karin
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As a life-long admirer of both fine porcelain and french faience, I really enjoyed this. Would love to see/learn more about your other collections. Thank you so much for embracing all things beautiful and elegant - the food of my soul!
Just watching the ads so it contributes to income for you x
David Pegum yes please
Thank you David!!!
Me too!
Brilliant, if we all do it the work will be completed in no time.🤞🏽💐🥳
@@sarahburton3110 Moi aussi!
I just love this video. So much detailed information. You are a wonderful teacher, your enthusiasm is a joy.
A visit to the Blue Room Museum at the old Spode factory has been added to my bucket list. It looks like a paradise.
This history lesson was very interesting! I feel acknowledge in my love of blue and white China and I will continue! Your table setting with the yellow and the dark wood of the table is just stunning! Keep up the good work! xxx :)
I love everything about European chateau,they are STUNNING.
Enjoying watching the older vlogs, your Patron list has certainly grown! :)
Rewatching this episode episode. I’m getting up to 3 adverts watching from Berkshire
I certainly enjoy all of your videos -- what a lovely life you and your family, friends are living.
😊 I feel very lucky to be able to live here with such lovely people
Love Spode! 💙💙 Love the history lesson. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the history lesson of the lovely China. As always, you are delightful. Blessings 🐶🐾🐾
Thanks to your influence Stephanie - I have purchased a Blue & White dinner set 👌💙. ... and loving it. However - after watching this vlog, think I need to expand on it 😉. Those Yellow daffodils & lemons look beautiful as part of the setting on your lunch table 💛. Thank you for all the interesting history and sharing with us. Beautiful blessings Mandy 👑SA
I loved this vlog, thank you so much. As usual my best Sunday viewing! I for one would really love more videos on English porcelain/china and look very forward to one on Wedgewood.......please.....Love and all blessings from South Africa.
This is the FIRST video that I saw of your videos. This just popped up now and I had to watch it again. Thank you Stephanie!!
So excited! I love Spode Dishes! I have a few piece and really enjoy. I hang some of mine on the wall. I think you look lively in your dress! Matches so well. Great video!
They look great on the wall! I might start doing that too. But at the moment I don’t have enough as all of mine are used regularly!
because of you, i just bought a few spode dinnerware and faberge limoges canape plate for my mum! yay
You have inspired me to display the blue and white plates i have. Most are from Johnson Brothers and certainly not as large as your collection due the small cottage i live in here in NW Florida. Love that you set a beautiful table for each meal at the chateau.
Another pottery pattern I like is the green Wedgwood leaf. I think it was last made in the 1950s. I have a lot of early ones and use them for first courses
Hi Stephanie, My wife and I have just found your channel and have binged all the video's up to this point and thought we would share with you our love of all things blue and white. We are renovating a French Farm house about 2.5 hrs East of you in Dept 58. We have completed the old house and pride of place is a pine dresser with my wife's collection of blue and white crockery and we found your video fascinating about Spode. We love the vlogs and hope to do something similar in the future. If ever you find yourself in the area we would love to show you our project. Keep up the good work Paul and Ann x
I’ve actually looked at your wall and thought some of your teapots were Royal Copenhagen. Love 💗 affair with blue and white china/porcelain. Love Spode and herend. I have a lot of herend blue plates but I mix the different plates. All place settings are a combo of four patterns for interest. Going to be over there in the fall so I can visit Saint Louis crystal factory. Also going to fly to Denmark so I can go to the Royal Copenhagen factory as well. Beautiful
Presentation on Spode. Thank you.
kim clarke bottom left teapot looks like Royal Copenhagen. That’s the blue and white china I collect 😊
I found this so interesting. Thank you
As always so informative....I love all the blue and white in the kitchen and you are right Stephanie anything blue and white goes with the China, with just the yellow of the daffodils.....have a great week........Donna in Toronto
A beautiful display!
You are a treasure🍋I collect different types of blue and white dishes but I don't know if I have any Spode. Now I will go look.
Thanks for all the information. I "discovered" you recently and watch all the time. Your family and friends are lovely. I wish you all the best of everything. From Havre de Grace, Maryland. (Named by Lafayette)
I’ve heard the blue willow story but I always like to hear about it from someone else. Thank you so much Sarah. Loved it. And love the blue dishes. Thanks for sharing . Hope you all have a blessed weekend 💙💎💙💎🙏🏽
Another episode I missed, lovely. Reminded me of the small teapot I have tucked away after my beloved grandmother, her very first she bought in England back in the 1930’s for her first home in London. It’s been out of use as it’s spout has broken but I’ve always meant to repair it with Kintsugo in gold or silver, as it represents so many memories of time spemt just the two of us, over strong tea and home made biscuits in her cosy kitchen.
The pot is of course the Willow pattern, a pot just the size for tea for two with a little gilding on the spout.
I have my tea from her beautiful set of fluid blue flowers on white porcelaine, Royal Danish service (Blå Blomst, Konglige Dansk) almost the size of those modern cups you showed but I’m going to order that kintsugi kit and fix that pot ASAP, thak you so much for the reminder and yet another lovely video!
Oh and I much prefer the mix of patterns to matching sets. ❤️🙏
Stephanie, you are so captivating when you share history. Thank you so much. You are so beautiful and I am so glad I found your vlogs during quarentine in America.
Stephanie once again such an informative vlog. You truly are a font of knowledge & information. So articulate in all you do & it comes so naturally. Even the simple table setting with the cheese, baguettes & olives and the Spode & daffodils look stunning, fit for a page in Vogue. Thank you for another fabulous vlog.
I so love that you did this video! My mother has collected Spode & blue willow for many years. We found out many years ago, that on her side of the family we are related to several Copelands linking us to William Copeland. How exciting to find out! We have been researching ever since. I love history and how this beautiful dishware has affected our lives. My mother always felt a connection and now we know why! We are family!😊
Makes me want to go shopping for Spode right now. Love that your outfit fits the topic
love this and the setting of the table so simple and so elegant
Loving the episode Stephanie 🧡💛
Thanks, Sarah! 💙
Laura from the UA-cam channel - Garden Answers has a beautiful saying from her mother - Romancing the Ordinary. Taking ordinary items and adding the little extras to make a setting or event lovely. When you displayed your napkins and table setting I immediately thought if it.
Thoroughly enjoyed the art history lesson.
This very pretty. Order. Stephanie, the setting so clean . We can see all the details. And you Stephanie look so gracious. We don't like it when things look messy and dirty.
Thank you for such an Incredible History of Spode Blue China ware💙😊
Absolutely lovely and very informative! Thank you!
I'm so excited I've got a teapot like yours (second shelf on the right!)
Absolutely adored this video!
Loved the IKEA moment 😍
I loved this episode! I have loved blue and white Spode for years. I have several of the same plates as you, a teapot, a coffee pot, all kinds of pieces! When I traveled to England in 2001, I brought a few more back too. I always keep an eye out for pieces I don't have and can afford at home discount stores here in the US! Although my everyday china right now is Villeroy & Boch Fleurence (you can tell I love china), I use pieces of my Spode right along with it every single day! Thanks, Stephanie!
Loved this video!
Hello Stephanie! This is definitely in my top 10! I want a grasshopper spice pot, a lion plate and a bunny rabbit set..Thankyou! this was wonderful! Loved the history, I loved seeing all the different types. Oh my goodness! I had no idea there were so many designs! Will be checking for more variety now and I am thrilled to see its back in production in the UK!! you have sparked the collector in me! Have a great week and love from Adelaide Sth Australia xo
yes,really nice. graceful and restfull and respectful of past skilled,very skilled,artisans.
Fab! I learned so much. Thank you.
I love these vlogs!!! Xxx
Love everything! 💕💕💕💕
So enjoyed this. It has inspired me!!!
I have a deep appreciate of good porcelain my mother introduce me to. Great taste💕
So fun and informative
Great video‼️🦋 the table looked so pretty💙
I have some amazing blue and white Royal Staffordshire from my Mother and I adore the Blue and White!
That was lovely and so informative, thank you Stephanie.
Thank you for this video, I found it fascinating
Dear Stephanie,
I have my grandmother's blue dishes packed away. They were giving to me after her passing in 1958. I remember using them only once at Thanksgiving time and because they were so precious to me I was afraid they would get chipped or broken so I never used them again. If I choose not to use them I could display them in my beautiful handmade hutch and show off their exquisite design & beauty. I am not even sure they are China. I never looked on the back of them...hmmmm, but I don't care if they aren't, I will definitely unpack and display them proudly because I remember my grandmother buying a piece at a time. Thank you for the wealth of information and your love for everything beautiful is infectious. Today, I will go upstairs in the storage room and find and unbox my grandmother's blue dishes and see if they are China. I remember, as a little girl, she used them all the time when setting her table and always had cloth napkins and flowers on her table. Thank you for igniting a spark in me to use what was given to me so long ago. ~Joanna♡
I love these blue and white as well. Just gorgeous TFS the history is interesting.