Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
VINTAGE 1936 - 1954 GRINDLEY CREAMPETAL RANGE PORCELAIN CAKE / PASTRY PLATE - DEVONSHIRE ROSE PATTERN
THIS RARE PATTERN WAS DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY W.H GRINDLEY & Co, TUNSTALL AS PART OF THEIR CREAMPETAL RANGE BETWEEN 1936 and 1954. THE PATTERN IS KNOWN AS THE DEVONSHIRE ROSE PATTERN AND ALTHOUGH THE NAME HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY OTHER PORCELAIN MANUFACTURERS THROUGHOUT EUROPE, THE PATTERN STYLE ITSELF AS INTRODUCED BY GRINDLEY REMAINS UNIQUE
THE ITEM IS A PORCELAIN CAKE / PASTRY PLATE DECORATED IN GRINDLEY'S DEVONSHIRE ROSE PATTERN WHICH WAS DISCONTINUED IN THE 1950's. THE PATTERN DISPLAYS A PREDOMINANT DEVONSHIRE ROSE IN A DEEP PINK AMONG A YELLOW, BLUE AND GREEN FLORAL VARIETY WITH DEMI-LUNE SHAPED BLUE TRIM ALONG THE VERGES AND DOUBLE BLUE TRIM TOWARDS THE CENTER. A PAIR OF HANDLES HAVE BEEN CREATED FROM THE RIM , EACH DECORATED IN EMBOSSED DEMI-LUNE SHAPED BLUE TRIM AND THE RIM OF THE BOWL IS LOVINGLY SCALLOPED THEN ADORNED IN GOLD
GRINDLEY WAS FOUNDED IN 1880 BY WILLIAM HARRY GRINDLEY IN TUNSTALL. THE FIRM WAS PURCHASED IN 1970 BY ALFRED CLOUGH Ltd AND RENAMED GRINDLEY ON STOKES IN 1978. IN 1988 THE GRINDLEY FAMILY RE-PURCHASED THE FIRM BUT IN 1991 IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY WOODLANDS POTTERY WHICH STILL OPERATES THE COMPANY TODAY
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE PLATE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "CREAMPETAL, GRINDLEY, ENGLAND"
CONDITION : THE CAKE / PASTRY PLATE HAS AGE RELATED CRAZING BUT IS OTHERWISE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 3.4cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....3.5cm HEIGHT OF HANDLES.....11.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....24.4cm DIAMETER OF RIM .....27cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE
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