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Calvin Klein - In the early 1770's, a man who as a six-year old had watched his father buried in a pauper's grave, eventually opened his own small pottery. In the space of the next thirty years he was to make a unique contribution to ceramic art, and found a tradition of excellence that continues to this day.

In 1784, Josiah Spode perfected the process of blue underglaze printing on earthenware, which, as the history books record, was not only enough to ensure his reputation for posterity, but was the essential catalyst for the phenomenal development of English tableware that was to follow.

He then went on to make the single most important discovery in the history of his industry - the formula for Fine Bone China - which was to make the name, Spode, famous throughout the world.

Calvin Klein Stone Kohl Dinnerware Collection

A sophisticated slate grey design of a unique raised pattern that combines extended Greek key panels with stylised filigree bands. The decoration sits beautifully on this simply elegant shape with its subtle art deco finials - a refined statement for all social dining occasions.

Josiah Spode's outstanding skills and creativity were to produce the two most important developments in English ceramics:

• The perfection of blue underglaze printing
• The development of the formula for bone china

Both remain in production at Spode today on the same factory site where they were developed at the end of the 18 th Century.