2 Antique English Transferware Oval Platters Scroll Daffodill Grindley 17"

Description

Set of two late 19th century brown transferware serving platters. One scalloped edge, rounded rectangular platter of unknown maker, marked Scroll B, showing an idyllic landscape of cows in a mountain lake surrounded by a patterned border. Oval platter by W.H. Grindley & Co in the Daffodil pattern, design registered 7 January 1877, showing a small country castle by a lake, with daffodils in the foreground and bordering the edge.

"W.H. Grindley & Co Tunstall - Earthenware manufacturer at the Newfield Pottery and then the Woodland Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England. The company was founded at the Newfield Pottery in 1880 by William Harry Grindley (principal partner). Mr Turner and Mr Alfred Meakin were also involved. In March 1883 Alfred Meakin left the partnership. In 1891 the company moved to the Woodland Pottery, Woodland Street, Tunstall. In 1908 W. H. Grindley set up a sister company - The Grindley Hotel Ware Co. The founder, William Harry Grindley, died in 1924. In 1960 Alfred Clough Ltd purchased W. H. Grindley, who continued to trade under their own name as part of the 'Alfred Clough Group.' In 1978 the name of the Clough Group was changed to Grindley of Stoke (Ceramics) Ltd. In 1982 W. H. Grindley, Cartwright & Edwards and other group assets were sold to the United Kingdom Provident Institution and the company became a member of the newly formed Federated Potteries Co. Ltd. The assets of Federated Potteries were dispersed in 1987 and in January 1988 the management of Grindley's purchased the business and recommenced trading under the W. H. Grindley & Co. Ltd. name. The business had financial difficulties and 1991 saw the company in the hands of the receivers.

Condition

Good Overall - Gentle wear to decoration; some stains to bases; some sticky green residue

Dimensions

Scroll - 17" x 14.5" x 1.75" / Daffodil - 16.5" x 13" x 1.25" (Width x Depth x Height)