Grimwades of the Winton Works, trading name Royal Winton. This small fruit bowl is just so 1950's with the soft but vibrant colouring, all hand decorated. The pattern is called Evesham and was originally available as a complete tableset, although my wife only had the teacups and saucers (they have all found new homes), leaving this fruit bowl. I remember so well when the "Evesham's" came out for a special afternoon tea, the whole table top came alive with colour!
DLAT Rating 9.5/10 (Darling Look At This!)
The first photograph shows this bowl containing a few grapes and Arabic sweet delicacies in an attempt to demonstrate the size and scale of this bowl, it is small so you will not be putting much fruit into it!
GRIMWADES - Small Pedestal Sweet Dish
Trade name: Royal Winton
Circa 1950's
Looks to have been intended for the export market, particularly Australia, NZ, Canada (all Commonwealth countries) and possibly USA. I say this because in addition to the backstamp, there is a list of the various registered design numbers in each of the those countries, except USA which is "patent pending". This information is printed using Gold gilding near the backstamp.
Hand decorated
Pattern name: Evesham
Design: The background colouring is a soft "Sunrise Yellow" onto which has been painstakingly painted clusters of fruits with foliage in a chintz patterning. The variety of fruits is very broad, with everything from grapes, strawberries, pears, apples and peaches - pretty standard English fare ...
Gold gilding has been applied to the top rim and around the base of the pedestal.
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Here is a photograph of the underside primary backstamp along with the Gold text (the latter being quite obscured at this angle though)
DIMENSIONS:
158mm (6.25") top rim diameter
Bowl depth 38mm (1.5")
Pedestal height 80mm (3.25")
Foot 76mm (3") diameter
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NO chips
NO cracks
NO discolouration to both the background colour or the decorative artwork
Yes, I can see (when viewed very closely) very light crazing to the inside of the bowl in particular - wet and dry tested, the china is not particularly porous (no substantial discolouration when wet)
While the Gold gilding appears to be in good condition, there is a dullness to the Gold and it does not reflect light evenly - at times it appears a section of the gilding is worn, move the bowl and it reappears! This type of dullness is most often due to oxidisation (yes, Gold is relatively inert but it does still collect a film of gunk present in the environment, particularly after 75 years!) I have made no attempt to buff up this gilding, for fear of damaging the gilding.
