Royal Winton is an English brand of earthenware and fine bone china tableware, made by Grimwades Limited, a Stoke-on-Trent based company founded by Leonard Lumsden Grimwade and his elder brother, Sidney Richard Grimwade, in 1885. Pieces are marked with either name, or both. Among many other themes, the company made pieces with New Zealand interest, partly directed at the market there.
In 1928, they produced the first of their Chintz pattern designs, for which the company has become famous.
In the 1980s the company was acquired by Coloroll, a home furnishings conglomerate. Following the financial failure of Coloroll, Royal Winton was bought out by the management. It has been merged with Duchess China Ltd of Longton (formerly part of the Tams group).
The item is a beautiful porcelain 2 slice toast rack manufactured by Grimwades between 1945 – 1951 cream in colour and decorated in landscape scenery and beautiful pastel coloured flowers with gold trim.
The item is stamped underneath Royal Winton Grimwades Made in England.
Feint age related crazing exists and some loss of the gold trim has occurred, aside from which the toast rack is in very good usable condition.
Length: 11 cm, Width: 6 cm, Height: 6 cm
