Cornishware Granville T J Green Ltd Jug

Title: Cornishware Granville T J Green Ltd Jug.
Manufacturer: Church Gresley.
Made In England.
Height: 11cm.
Diameter: 7cm.
Info: Cornishware is a striped kitchenware brand trademarked to and manufactured by T.G. Green & Co Ltd.
Originally introduced in the 1920s and manufactured in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, it was a huge success for the company and in the succeeding 30 years it was exported around the world. The company ceased production in June 2007 when the factory closed under the ownership of parent company The Tabletop Group. The range was revived in 2009 after T.G. Green was bought by a trio of British investors.
T.G. Green & Co was founded by Thomas Goodwin Green of Boston, Lincolnshire in around 1864.Having made a fortune in Australia, Green returned to England to marry Mary Tenniel, the sister of Punch and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrator Sir John Tenniel. He bought an existing pottery in Church Gresley from Henry Wileman, while on honeymoon in Scarborough
Condition: Very Good, one instance of crackle in the glaze approx. 2 cm's long.
The Stamp with the Church image and "Made In England" (rather than just "England") indicates that the Jug was manufactured in the 1970's or 1980's. It is very similar to an earlier 1930's back stamp.
Price: R 195.00 Inc Vat.
Price: R 195.00 Inc Vat.