Vintage W H Grindley Cream Petal Lidded Tureen

Title: Vintage W H Grindley Cream Petal Lidded Tureen.
Manufactured By: W H Grindley, Made in England.
Height: 11.0cm.
Width: 25.0cm.
Depth: 24.0cm.
Info: Cream Petal pattern footed Milk Jug from the Grindley factory in Staffordshire.
The Sailing Ship stamp on the base was in use from 1936 to 1954.
A charming floral design on the lid and with fine detail in the tureen. 
Grindley was Earthenware manufacturer at the Newfield Pottery and then the Woodfield Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.  
The company was founded at the Newfield Pottery in 1880 by William Harry Grindley and Mr Turner.
In 1891 the company moved to the Woodfield Pottery, Woodland Street, Tunstall.  
In 1908 Mr Grindley set up The Grindley Hotel Ware Co
In 1960 the business was purchased by Alfred Clough Ltd.
In 1978 renamed Grindley of Stoke Ltd.  
Federated Potteries Co. Ltd. took them over in 1982 and in 1988 the business was re-purchased by W. H. Grindley.
1991 saw the company in the hands of the receivers and the same year they were taken over by Woodlands Pottery.
Condition: Good, some rubbing on the gold trim around the edges, no chips or cracks. No scratches internally, the tureen has probably never been used.
Price: R 245.00 Inc Vat.