Spode Woodland, the China pattern

Sometimes you will stumble on some pics of our China, especially from the Thanksgiving posts. We chose Spode, manufactured in England, and the pattern is Woodland. It is actually considered a 'casual China pattern' because it is microwave and dishwasher safe. We stumbled on it at Adam's aunt and uncles home in Chicago, and felt that it fit us perfectly.

Each dinner plate, salad plate, bowl , etc. has a different animal scene. There are different collections, we have some in each collection: Traditional Woodland (like pheasants and ducks), Hunting dogs (black labs, spaniels), Horses (my favorite is the Thoroughbred), North American Fish, American Wildlife (like bison, mule deer and others), and new for 2010- Birds of Prey (includes the Snowy OWL, and you know how I am about owls!). They also have patterned serving dishes and platters. Check out some pics-

The Thoroughbred is one of my favorites... this was a gift from Adam's parents.

The reason I'm writing about this today, is that I stumbled on a discontinued piece and I snagged it to give to Adam as a Christmas present (he knows, no worries)! Within the last week, we also had a serving platter arrive from family. Since the wedding, we did receive quite a few pieces and its been fun to see what we have of the collections. Someday, I am hoping we have the complete sets but that might be a challenge because some of the patterns are not produced at the present time.

I know currently, you can find this pattern at Macy's or at some other China stores. Usually the pieces are priced individually and sometimes you can have sticker shock- like the soup tureen is usually $500.00, otherwise it is reasonable.

Enjoy!