Royal Winton Porcelain: Ceramics Fit for a King [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Eileen Rose Busby (Author)

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Review

"This is the first comprehensive book on Royal Winton ware, including chintz and cottage ware." -- The Collector, September 1998 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

From 1885 until the 1960s, Grimwades/Royal Winton remained one of Englands steadiest producers of porcelain wares for both the working class and the carriage trade. The firm stayed ahead of its competition in ceramic production, offering cottage and relief ware, souvenir mugs and plates, Rosebud ware, tea sets, coronation pieces, beakers and jugs, hygienic goods and patented cookware. Collectors should find nothing chintzy about this new book, in which author Busby has successfully organized and identified over 500 representative examples of the thousands of Royal Winton products, as well as a description of all their chintz patterns. Complete with 1998 price guide.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Antique Publishers; illustrated edition edition (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570800472
• ISBN-13: 978-1570800474
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,103,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eileen Rose Busby, a writer and antiques dealer who taught an antiques and collectibles course at a San Diego, California community college, fell in love with Chintz while living in Suffolk, England. She and her husband Richard had purchased a 16th-century thatched roof cottage on the English countryside that was furnished, including with some pieces of Chintz.

While living there for a decade, they attended English antiques shows and frequented flea markets, searching for more pieces. During her travels, she has done extensive research on English pottery, ceramics, chintz and RoyalWinton. She also has attended chintz shows all over the United States. After they returned to the states, Busby and her late husband led antiques tours to England until 2000 -- to the Newark Antiques Faire, Ardingly, Shepton-Mallet Internat'l Antiques Faire and others -- in search of Chintz and Cottage Ware. A bonus to "Royal Winton Chintz and Pastel Ware" is that Busby, a recognized historian when it comes to Royal Winton, includes interviews with people who once lived in the potteries and whose parents helped design and name early patterns.

Busby has written numerous magazine and newspaper articles on the subject. Also, she has been featured in the Antiques Roadshow Insider. "Royal Winton Chintz and Pastel Ware" covers Grimwade/Royal Winton patterns and pieces starting from the 19th Century to today. More than 300 color photos are pictured along with descriptions, shapes and today's updated prices. Busby has created a classic work -- the most comprehensive on Royal Winton -- that includes rare and hard-to-find patterns and pieces. Other books by Busby include the top-selling "Royal Winton Porcelain: Ceramics Fit For A King" and the critically acclaimed "Cottage Ware: Ceramic Tableware Shaped as Buildings 1920s-1990s." Also, she and her daughter Cordelia Mendoza, who owns an antique store, co-authored "Decorating With Chintz," due out in 2011.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book., February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Royal Winton Porcelain: Ceramics Fit for a King (Paperback)

This book is the most definitive book yet to come out on Royal Winton. A bonus is the history it includes as well as the pricing. I use it as a reference book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just a collectors' book, but an in depth history., October 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Royal Winton Porcelain: Ceramics Fit for a King (Paperback)

From the early historical photos to the images of today's Royal Winton, the book is a must-read trip back in time. So many collectors' books read more like catalogs than books. This one is a refreshing change. The author traveled to England and found an elderly couple, once residents of Staffordshire, who actually grew up in the potteries. They recalled in the book what it was like then, as children, surrounded by The Potteries. The book is full of color, and not just in the photos, but in the enormous importance the porecelain played in the common lives of the potters and in the royal lives of the King and Queen. The writer takes you inside The Potteries and shows you how the ceramics were made and explains why certain patterns were done the way they were. A must-read for not just collectors but historians too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable & educational, December 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Royal Winton Porcelain: Ceramics Fit for a King (Paperback)

I enjoyed reading about the history of the Royal Winton family and its pottery factory in Stoke-On-Trent. I have been a collector of chintz and the insight that this book gave me really enhanced my collecting.

A very informative book.