Used, Hand Painted - please see each photo for any paint imperfection or chip/cracks.

In really good condition.

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Bit of the History

China manufacturer (originally earthenware) at various factories, and under varied ownership, in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

• The business has its origins as Grimwade Bros founded in 1885 at the Winton Pottery, Stoke. 

• The name "Royal Winton Ware" was in use from as early as 1897 it was around 1929 that 'Royal Winton' was introduced as a recognisable trade name by Grimwades Ltd. 

• In January 1964 Grimwades Ltd was acquired by the Howard Pottery Group and moved the manufacturing of Grimwades ornamental ware to the Howard Pottery Norfolk Street Works.

• Ware produced at Norfolk Street was marketed as 'Royal Winton' 

• In 1974 the Howard Pottery Group was acquired by Taunton Vale Industries (who were a manufacturer of homewares and table accessories) and in February of 1978 Taunton Vale Industries (Potteries) Ltd, the holding company for the acquisition, changed its name to 'Royal Winton Pottery'.

• The Royal Winton business and name were subsequently owned by Staffordshire Potteries (Holdings) Ltd (from October 1979 to July 1986) and then in 1986 the Staffordshire Potteries business was taken over by the Coloroll Group. Royal Winton continued to trade under its own name. 

• The Coloroll Group collapsed and entered receivership in mid-1990 and there was a management buy-out of Royal Winton. 

• In October 1995 the ownership of the business once again changed and the new owners reverted back to the original name of Grimwades Ltd although continued to trade as 'Royal Winton'. Manufacturing was at the Albion Works in Uttoxeter Road, Longton.   

• In December 1998 the Royal Winton web site stated: "Having talked to collectors around the world we became aware of a demand for the re-introduction of Royal Winton Chintz products. Alas, over the intervening decades most of the old catalogues and pattern books had been destroyed. We have therefore commissioned leading U.K. lithograph houses to authentically reproduce some of the most popular designs, and have now manufactured a range of spectacular ‘Limited Editions’."

• Around early 2013 production of ware bearing the Royal Winton name had been moved to the nearby factory of Duchess China Ltd (also owned by Grimwades Ltd). With the statement "The Royal Winton brand and patterns have been reintroduced by Duchess China Ltd on "Fine Bone China""

• Towards the end of 2018 the Royal Winton internet site was closed and it appears that the use of the Royal Winton name ceased and production was concentrated on the Duchess China Brand.