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LARGE VINTAGE 1936 - 1954 GRINDLEY CERAMIC CAKE PLATTER / SERVING PLATTER - RARE VERSION OF THE SHERATON PATTERN
GRINDLEY WERE MANUFACTURERS OF EARTHENWARE AND CHINA BASED IN TUNSTALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT FROM 1880 UNTIL 1991 AND FOUNDED BY WILLIAM HARRY GRINDLEY AND MR TURNER. THE COMPANY WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED BY ALFRED CLOUGH ltd IN 1960 AND PURCHASED FROM HIM BY FEDERATED POTTERIES IN 1982. 1988 SAW GRINDLEY PURCHASE THE COMPANY BACK AND 1991 SAW GRINDLEY GO INTO RECEIVERSHIP. THE SAME YEAR THE COMPANY WAS PURCHASED BY WOODLANDS POTTERY
A LARGE CERAMIC CAKE PLATE / SERVING PLATTER MANUFACTURED BY GRINDLEY BETWEEN 1936 and 1954, DECORATED WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE VERSION OF GRINDLEYS SHERATON PATTERN WHICH DEPICTS A COBALT BLUE BAND ALONG THE VERGE OF THE RIM WITH A LOVELY BAROQUE SCROLL PATTERN DISPLAYED WITHIN THE BAND AND COLORFUL FLORAL BOUQUETS SET IN CARTOUCHES EVENLY SPACED ALONG ITS LENGTH. RATHER THAN BEING A STANDARD CIRCULAR OR OVAL SHAPE THIS LARGE PLATTER / CAKE PLATE HAS A CIRCULAR SQUARED DESIGN MAKING IT A REMARKABLY UNIQUE ITEM FOR WHICHEVER PURPOSE YOU INTEND TO USE IT. THE WHOLE IS DECORATED BY BEAUTIFUL GOLD TRIM ALONG THE RIM
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "GRINDLEY, ENGLAND"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/g/grindley.htm
CONDITION : VERY SMALL AREAS ALONG THE GOLD TRIM ON THE RIM ARE FADED, ASIDE FROM WHICH THE PLATTER / CAKE PLATE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CRAZING, CHIPS OR DAMAGES
SIZE : 2.5cm HEIGHT.....31cm ACROSS
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