Highly Collectible Brand New (Very Old Stock) Vintage/Antique (1930s) English King George V Era T G Green Ltd “Granville” Glazed Clay Stoneware Teapot (Approximately 10”/26cm, 1.5kg).
Lovely handcrafted, Late George V Period, teapot. Extremely rare in this condition! Larger than standard size teapots. Has the very earliest known T G Green Pottery back stamp. In perfect condition. Please browse all 24 sets of photographs attached for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory.
Quite a heavy teapot (over 1.5kg) so postage will be a touch more than usual, as carriers charge by weight and volume. I assure you it will be well worth your while particularly if you are looking for one of these in perfect, as new, condition.
George V (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
The T.G. Green Granville teapot is a collectible piece of vintage/Antique British stoneware introduced in the mid 1930s. It is highly sought after for its rustic, mid-century aesthetic, characterised by earthy tones of pale honey, amber, and glossy treacle brown.
Because T.G. Green pottery is no longer in production at its original Church Gresley site, these teapots are primarily sourced through antique dealers and pottery specialists.
Features a glossy, multi-tonal brown glaze with a distinct rustic look designed to tap into farmhouse trends. Originally manufactured in multiple capacities, most notably the 1½ pint, 2 pint, and 2¾ pint variations.
Material: High-glaze, durable art pottery stoneware.
T.G. Green was a legendary English pottery company oriyoperating from the village of Church, Gresley, South Derbyshire, from 1864 until 2007. The brand is widely celebrated for its classic kitchenalia and vintage Art Deco pieces. Although the original Church Gresley factory closed, the beloved brand was saved and production continues today.
The factory, founded by businessman Thomas G. Green, produced durable household items that have become highly collectible antiques today.
Treasured by generations of home-makers
and collectors, T. G. Green is
probably one of the most easily recognised designs in twentieth century pottery. The pottery was established in 1864 when Thomas Goodwin Green purchased the Derbyshire pottery of Church Gresley from a Henry Wileman. For many years, however, it produced only quite utilitarian kitchen and table-
wares, such as mixing bowls and teapots, which were in steady demand locally.
The catalyst for the more decorative striped wares that now define T. G. Green’s output was the economic recession that followed the First World War. With factory workers in Green’'s white earthenware division down to a two-day week, fresh work was urgently required. The result was Cornish Kitchenware, or Cornish-ware, as it became known.
Sadly now, the old pottery site is no longer in existence and the original buildings lie in ruins. The land abandoned under private ownership is unlikely to ever see production again. The last of the South Derbyshire potteries has disappeared from its original site although fortunately there is an archive museum and visitor centre at 3 Church Street, Swadlincote in the village of Church Gresley, Derbyshire.
Very luckily, over a 100 years later, this traditional Cornishware is still being manufactured and sold through a new T.G.Green & Co Ltd at a new location at Wedgwood Place, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.