Mr. Copeland first studied the background of the porcelain trade from documents of the British East India Company in the British Library, and then searched for clues among the Spode company's early purchase orders, pattern books and whatever other information he could get his hands on.
寇布瀾先生先從大英圖書館的英屬東印度公司檔案，瞭解瓷器貿易的背景，又翻尋史玻德公司早期的訂單、圖樣等所有可得的資料，尋找蛛絲馬跡。由「補件」中發跡