Grindley Potteries based in Tunstall UK made a wide range of flower based designs (amongst many other pieces), this yet another of those designs but with slight differences to the "norm" with both the painted and Gold gilded edge trim and partial hand decoration. See below for more details about this ...
The dating is based on the Green sailboat ship with a crown backstamp which Grindley used during the period 1936-54, most likely this piece left the works in the mid 1950's as the trademark Creampetal had only begun to be used around the early 1950's by Grindley's
W.H GRINDLEY - Chinaware Side Plate ONLY
Tradename: Creampetal (used from the early 1950's onwards)
Pattern name: unknown but we have always assumed the 225 underneath is the pattern number
Design: Square shaped with rounded corners
Floral (Pink rose buds - open) with foliage. Purple line around the rim edge and in the centre of the plate, quite reminescent of some early Royal Doulton that we have. Running next to this painted line is the Gold gilding. Some of the foliage appears to have also been hand painted as we can see slight differences in the mustard Yellow rose branches but the actual Pink roses look identical. It would seem this is a hybrid decoration, part transferware and part hand decorated.
Gold gilders mark to the underside but no discernable artist's markings although there is what appears to be a Yellowish mark of some sort near the gilder's mark but we cannot figure out what it is supposed to be!
Plate measures 150mm across in either direction
CONDITION:
USED (barely)
CLEAN
NO cracks at all
NO chips
NO discolouration to the porcelain or the decorations
NO crazing was observed using both dry and wet testing (amazing!)
No old chinaware is perfect and this is no exception ...
Central area of the plate has just a couple of very light, short scratch marks in the glaze
Strange little bubbles in a small area on the underside (near the Crown) and a couple on the topside (near the central Purple hand decorated line) - these look to be faults in the glazing when originally fired, they are NOT glue or something else that someone has added to the item. They are not very visible but a soft touch with the finger will reveal them.
