Grimwades Royal Winton | Florence Chintz | Teapot | Black Ground | 1995 Revival
Florence on a black ground — the flowers seem to come forward out of the dark.
Grimwades Ltd of Stoke-on-Trent began producing chintz in 1928, soon adopting the trade name Royal Winton, and went on to make more than sixty chintz patterns before production ended in the early 1960s. Following changes in ownership during the 1990s, Grimwades revived selected chintz designs, with 1995 incorporated into the backstamps to distinguish them from earlier production. Florence has full-blown flowers in coral, pink, yellow, red and blue on a dense black ground. This teapot is from the revival.
The teapot is in the angular upright form on a stepped pedestal base, square-shouldered with chamfered corners, a high-arching spout and a scroll handle. Every exterior surface — body, lid, spout and handle — is covered in the Florence chintz, the black ground giving the coral, red, pink, yellow and pale blue flowers a weight that the ivory-ground chintz patterns do not have. The lid is domed with a square diamond-form knop, and the interior is glazed cream. It holds 6–8 cups.
The teapot is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks. Minor glaze crazing is confined to the base around the backstamp; no other crazing was recorded. The gilding to the spout tip, handle outline, knop and base edges remains bright and intact, and the teapot shows no apparent signs of use.
Key Details
- Maker: Grimwades Ltd — Royal Winton, Stoke-on-Trent, England
- Pattern: Florence chintz — black ground
- Shape: Angular upright form with stepped pedestal base, scroll handle, high-arching spout
- Backstamp: Circular Royal Winton / Grimwades Ltd / Made in England, with "Florence" above and "1995" below — 1995 revival
- Pieces: 1 — teapot with lid
- Material: Earthenware
- Capacity: 6–8 cups
- Gilding: Spout tip, handle outline, knop and base edges — no loss
- Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks or crazing to body or lid; minor crazing to the backstamp area on the base only
Collector Appeal
A Florence chintz teapot on the black ground, from the 1995 revival, with no apparent signs of use.
Other ‘Florence’ chintz pieces from the shop: trio.
The black ground carries the Florence flowers from the square shoulders of the teapot to its lid.
