Royal Winton is an English brand of ceramics, made by Grimwades Limited, a

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based company founded in 1885. The brand is particularly associated with chintzware.

History

The company was founded by Leonard Lumsden Grimwade, an experienced pottery modeller, in 1885; he was joined by his brother Sidney Richard Grimwade, also a potter. By 1906 Grimwades Ltd had four factories in

the Potteries The Staffordshire Potteries is the industrial area encompassing the six towns Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall, which is now the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. North Staffordshire became a centre of ...

, and King

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and Queen Mary visited in 1913.''Royal Winton'': "About us"
Version dated 19 December 2005 retrieved via archive.org. In 1928 the company began to produce chintzware, floral patterns inspired by textiles of the period. The first pattern was "Marguerite". Soon afterwards the trade name "Royal Winton" was established. Leonard Grimwade died in 1931, and James Plant took over. Over subsequent years, more than sixty chintz patterns were introduced. Because of high production costs, chintzware was discontinued in the early 1960s. In 1979 the company was acquired by

Staffordshire Potteries Ltd Staffordshire Tableware Ltd. was a producer of mugs, tableware and dinnerware based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was formerly the ceramics division of the Coloroll Group. Coloroll went into receivership in 1990 and the ceramics division was ...

, which was bought by

Coloroll Coloroll is a United Kingdom wallpaper brand owned by CWV Ltd. Developed from a family-owned wallpaper company founded in the 1970s, during the 1980s Coloroll Group became a dominant publicly listed home furnishings business, which collapsed in ...

in 1986. In 1995 the company was bought out by the management; its name reverted to Grimwades Ltd, and traded as Royal Winton. Interest in chintzware had grown, with the publication of reference books and antiques auctions dedicated to it. It was realised that there was a demand for Royal Winton chintz products, so some of the popular designs were reintroduced, reviving old lithographing techniques. The backstamp included the year 1995, to avoid confusion with earlier pieces. In 1997 the first new piece of chintzware since the 1960s was introduced. In 1999 Grimwades Ltd purchased out of administration Duchess China, of Longton in the Potteries."About us"
''Duchess China 1888''. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

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{{Stoke-on-Trent 1885 establishments in England Products introduced in 1885 Ceramics manufacturers of England Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire pottery