The Spode Christmas Tree collection is one of the most popular Christmas cutlery and cutlery collections in the world. As the name suggests, the design features a beautifully decorated Christmas tree with a cheerful wrapped gift and green and holly branches. But do you know that this design comes from an artist who has never seen a real Christmas tree before?
The story of Spode Christmas Tree began in the United States in the 1930s. Known for its gorgeous ceramics, Spode pioneered the replication of Chinese classic blue and white porcelain designs in the late 1700s. Josiah Spode and the British potter have set the benchmark for all British porcelain based on mastering the design transfer and underglaze methods. As his designs became more popular throughout Europe, they traveled to the New World because American settlers wanted to bring a small home.
In the 1930s, a man named Sydney Thompson was the only Spode agent in the United States. He has traveled to the Spode factory in England several times to create and develop new patterns and collections for his clients in the United States. He studied all the old pattern books carefully and looked for designs that could be resurrected and brought to the United States.
In 1938, he decided that the Christmas collection should be their next adventure. However, what he found in the old pattern book was just the holly design, which he thought was not suitable for American customers. They want something that can satisfy family, tradition and family values.
Designer Harold Holdway is responsible for the design of the Spode Christmas Tree collection. However, his first effort was ridiculous! He created a Christmas tree with all the branches hanging on it. Decorated on the top of the tree? A Santa! Holdway admits that he has never seen a Christmas tree before.
Thompson pulled the designer aside and explained that the gift was under the tree rather than the tree, and the branches were decorated with ornaments. There should be a star or angel at the top of the tree. Holdway returned to the drawing board and came up with a better design... but he let Santa firmly planted on the top of the tree until today he still exists!
Orignal From: The history of the Spode Christmas tree series
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