Spode
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Spode is a historic English pottery and porcelain manufacturer renowned for its fine bone china and influential ceramic designs.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spode Context triple: [Stoke-on-Trent, ceramicsHeritage, Spode]
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Middleport Pottery
Middleport Pottery is a historic Victorian-era ceramics factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, renowned for its traditional pottery production and preserved industrial heritage.
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Wedgwood pottery company
Wedgwood pottery company is a historic English ceramics manufacturer renowned for its fine earthenware and iconic jasperware, which helped set standards for industrial pottery production and design.
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Lambeth pottery
Lambeth pottery was a renowned 19th-century London ceramics works, famous for its stoneware and art pottery that contributed significantly to the reputation of the Doulton company.
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Wedgwood family
The Wedgwood family is a prominent English dynasty best known for its influential pottery business and its close ties to Charles Darwin and other notable figures of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Doulton & Co.
Doulton & Co. was a prominent British ceramics manufacturer renowned for its innovative stoneware and fine china, which later became part of the Royal Doulton brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spode Target entity description: Spode is a historic English pottery and porcelain manufacturer renowned for its fine bone china and influential ceramic designs.
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A.
Middleport Pottery
Middleport Pottery is a historic Victorian-era ceramics factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, renowned for its traditional pottery production and preserved industrial heritage.
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Wedgwood pottery company
Wedgwood pottery company is a historic English ceramics manufacturer renowned for its fine earthenware and iconic jasperware, which helped set standards for industrial pottery production and design.
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C.
Lambeth pottery
Lambeth pottery was a renowned 19th-century London ceramics works, famous for its stoneware and art pottery that contributed significantly to the reputation of the Doulton company.
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D.
Wedgwood family
The Wedgwood family is a prominent English dynasty best known for its influential pottery business and its close ties to Charles Darwin and other notable figures of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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E.
Doulton & Co.
Doulton & Co. was a prominent British ceramics manufacturer renowned for its innovative stoneware and fine china, which later became part of the Royal Doulton brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
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ceramics manufacturer
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porcelain manufacturer ⓘ pottery company ⓘ |
| country |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Josiah Spode ⓘ |
| inception | 1770 ⓘ |
| industry |
ceramics
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tableware ⓘ |
| location |
Staffordshire
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Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Spode Billingsley Rose pattern
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Spode
Spode Blue Colonel pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Blue Geranium pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Italian pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Blue Room Aesop’s Fables pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Blue Room Aesop’s Fables series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Botanical collection ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Botanical series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room British Flowers pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room British Flowers series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Caramanian pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Caramanian series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Castle pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Castle series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Floral pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Floral series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Georgian collection ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Georgian series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Girl at the Well pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Girl at the Well series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Greek pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Greek series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Historical Scenes pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Historical Scenes series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Indian Sporting pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Indian Sporting series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Italian Scenery pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Italian Scenery series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Italian collection ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Italian series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Landscape pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Landscape series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Portland Vase pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Portland Vase series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Regency collection ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Regency series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Rome pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Rome series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Sunflower pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Sunflower series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Trade Winds pattern ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Trade Winds series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Victorian collection ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Blue Room Victorian series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Zoological collection ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room Zoological collection series ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Blue Room Zoological series ⓘ
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Spode Blue Room collection ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Blue Tower pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Camilla pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Chinese Rose pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Christmas Tree pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Delamere pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Fleur de Lys pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Gainsborough pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Glen Lodge pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Heritage collection ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Italian pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Stafford Flowers pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Tower pattern ⓘ Spode Trade Winds pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Willow pattern ⓘ
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Spode
Spode Woodland pattern ⓘ
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Spode
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| product |
bone china
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earthenware ⓘ fine china ⓘ porcelain ⓘ |
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Subject: Spode Description of subject: Spode is a historic English pottery and porcelain manufacturer renowned for its fine bone china and influential ceramic designs.
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