Q: I’d like some information about this light blue Spode teapot. It has raised vines, leaves, and grapes on it and branch handles. It’s 4 3/4 inches high and 3 3/4 inches in diameter. The bottom is marked “Spode.” I’d like to sell it. What is it worth? 

A: Teapots with relief-molded designs like this were made by several potteries in Staffordshire, England, from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. Josiah Spode founded his pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, England, about 1770. The name changed several times before it became part of the Portmeirion Group in 2009. The raised designs on your teapot are similar to the sprigged stoneware Spode made beginning in the late 1700s. The shape of your teapot is based on an early Chinese shape that included raised designs. The mark on your teapot is an early Spode mark. A small teapot from the 1790s is worth at least $150 to $200, much more if rare and historically important.