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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 22
Spode/Copeland Transfer-Printed Patterns Found at 20 Hudson's Bay Company Sites
by Lynne Sussman
Acknowledgements
I owe a great debt to Mr. Robert Copeland of Spode Limited. Over the
past eight years Mr. Copeland has identified the major portion of the
patterns in this catalogue and has most generously supplied photographs
of the patterns from the original copper plate engravings, from the
factory pattern record books and from objects in the Spode Limited
collection. Unless otherwise noted in the figure legends, the
illustrations in this catalogue are courtesy of Mr. Copeland. He has
also allowed free access to all relevant information available in the
factory records as well as information gathered through his own
research.
For his assistance and advice in so many matters, I would especially
like to thank Lester Ross, formerly with the Fort Vancouver
Archaeological Project, Vancouver, Washington, and now with the National
Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Ottawa. Fort Vancouver yielded the
largest number of excavated patterns and Ross's illustrated manuscript,
"Fort Vancouver, 1829-1860," has been invaluable in identifying patterns
from other sites.
For artifacts or information regarding the occurrence of
Spode/Copeland patterns at archaeological sites, thanks are due to
Michael Forsman, formerly with Parks Canada, Winnipeg; John V. Hodges,
Regina; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Martin, Winnipeg; Donald Steer, Parks Canada,
Western Region, Calgary; Dr. Jack Steinbring, University of Winnipeg;
Roderick Vickers, University of Calgary; Robert Kidd, Provincial Museum
and Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, and Ian Dyck, Ian Brace, Gil Watson
and Diane Wilson, Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, Regina. Thanks
are also due to Elizabeth Collard, Montreal, for information regarding
Montreal ceramic wholesalers.
To Leonard Whiter, I wish to acknowledge the helpfulness of the chart
in his book Spode; A History of the Family, Factory and Wares from
1733 to 1833 (1970).
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