Welcome to my "online museum" with the aim of documenting as many pieces as possible of of the Royal Winton Grimwades Pastels collection "Honey Lily", more popularly known as Tiger Lily - Pattern number 5774.

For those who are interested I also maintain online references to 3 other china patterns which you can jump to via the links below:

Royal Winton Roses Transfer Ware

Royal Doulton English Rose or join the Facebook Group here

Royal Doulton Rosslyn or join the Facebook Group here

My collection is in the green colourway but this was also made in sunshine yellow and, more rarely, in cream with a green and pink outer stripe (gorgeous). I've chosen to collect these for my daughter, Lily Rose, as future heirlooms, and they're just beautiful items. The lilies stand out from the items in relief and the attention to detail is exceptional. It appears that Royal Winton used the same moulds for both Tiger Lily and Hibiscus however the flowers in the Honey Lily collection have mottling on the petals which are absent on Hibiscus, and the Honey Lily flowers are also lightly streaked with yellow as opposed to the Hibiscus flowers which are solid pink.

According to my collector's handbook, Honey Lily was first released in the 1950's and did include table ware (possibly on the scale of the Royal Winton Rosebud pattern) although sadly there are no records available to verify this.

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My beautiful collection, just recently (hooray!) moved into its own cabinet!

My favourite item in any china collection - I and many others call this a Breakfast Set but I believe the proper term is "Bedside Set", complete with tray. So exquisite, I just love it. It's comprised of a teapot, teacup, sugar, creamer and toast rack. The tray is about 25cm across at the widest points, the teacup is a full size and the teapot stands about 9.5cm tall including the finial.

Aside from the small pot on the Breakfast Set, I have two other teapots. The one above is the largest at about 17cm high including the spout, and 24cm across from spout to handle.

The pot above measures about 13cm high including the finial, and 18cm across from spout to handle.

The coffee pot above measures about 19cm high including the finial, and 20cm across from spout to handle. Interestingly it still has strainer holes inside, like the teapots

The hot water pot above measures about 16cm high including the finial

I'm still trying to establish all the sizes the creamers came in. I believe, apart from my two I own, there are also others that stand 9.5cm high and 11.5cm handle to spout, 10.5cm high and 13cm handle to spout, 11cm high and 13.5cm handle to spout, as well as 13.5/14cm high and 17cm handle to spout but I'm having to trust the dealers/auction sellers and their measurements on those as not everyone is meticulous plus of course people measure in different places.

My milk jug/creamer above measures about 12cm tall at the highest point and 14cm across from lip to the top tip of the handle

The milk jug/creamer above is smaller at about 8.5cm tall at the highest point and 9.5cm across from lip to the top tip of the handle

The first photo shows the difference between the demitasse cup and saucer from the collection and the regular sized teacup and saucer. The demitasse cup is about 7.5cm across on the top diameter and 6.5cm high, while the saucer is about 12.5cm across - I have 6 of these.

The regular cup is about 9cm across on the top diameter and 8cm high, while the saucer is about 15cm across - I have 4 of these.

Tennis Set of regular sized teacup and saucer - the one above with the round edge is obviously a definite Tiger Lily piece with the decoration on the underplate where as the more angular one below I can't guarantee as the plate is plain. On the one above, the underplate measures about 21cm across.

On this tennis set above, the underplate measures about 20cm across.

This is the beautiful Cress Dish/strainer - I'm missing the under plate for this so am still on the hunt for one - the pictures after the first one show what it looks like. The strainer measures about 25cm in diameter from lily to lily and 19cm wide

The covered butter dish - the dish itself measures about 17cm x 13cm

This little cruet set is so sweet - a salt and pepper shaker along with tiny mustard pot. The pot has room for a spoon, I'd love to know if it originally came with one. To give you an idea of size, the undertray measures about 14cm wide from lily to point

Small salt and pepper Cruet Set  

Love having two toast racks! The one above holds 2 slices and measures about 16cm long

The toast rack above holds 4 slices and measures about 20cm long

Another favourite piece - the salad servers, fairly hard to come by I gather which would make sense as they are fragile so I don't know that there would be a huge number that have survived the years. Both fork and spoon measure about 25cm long - stunning!

Another really adorable piece - I've always called this a gravy boat but it's actually a tiny mint boat and matching underplate. As an idea of size, the dish measures about 12cm across.

Love this piece too - the preserve pot which stands about 11cm high. Again I'd love to know whether this originally came with a matching spoon

I don't know whether this qualifies as a comport as the footed base is so small so it may be better termed as a candy dish or nut dish. It measures about 15.5cm x 13cm in the bowl section

This is definitely a comport - it's about 16cm x 12cm in the bowl section and stands about 4.5cm high. I've seen these referred to as "chocolate comports" which I love!

This is the tallest comport I have, measuring about 17cm x 14cm in the bowl section and stands about 7cm high

This lovely serving dish/platter measures about 25cm across, with pretty curved edges. My identification book just calls this an "Oval Dish"

This oval serving plate measures about 28cm across from lily to lily

This curved, rounded cake plate is about 25cm in diameter from lily to lily - my collector's handbook calls it a Bread and Butter Plate.

This is a bean-shaped long bowl which measures about 29cm long, 14cm wide and 3.5cm high

Again, one of the loveliest pieces, the divided dish in a clover-style shape. It measures about 25cm x 20cm.

Other Pieces

Apart from my pieces above, there are obviously other pieces I haven't yet been able to source!

The gorgeous Stacking Teapot

This lovely bowl has the decoration right around the outside which is unusual. The seller gave the size as 27cm x 24cm x 8cm high.

There's also a pedestal cake plate (measuring 22.5 cm x 20.5cm x 5 cm high) in the yellow colourway as well as a slightly different shape in the mottled green, which I HOPE was also made in the green, but I've yet to see one.

I’m also told there is a small vase, as well as a wall pocket vase, as well as a Cheese Keep.

Plain Pieces

This section is for plain green pieces that I've bought to match my set - I can't guarantee this is what they were designed to do but having never seen round dinner/side plates etc with the Tiger Lily pattern on them I'm assuming this is as close as I'll get. All but the trivet have gilding to the edges.

This is a quite solid, thick trivet or pot stand, perfect for use with the tea or coffee pots. It measures about 16cm in diameter

These photos show the two sizes of plain round plates I have (in the first shot the smaller is sitting on top of the larger) - the larger is 20cm in diameter (I have 4 of these) while the smaller is 17.5cm across (I have 2 of these)

This is a 16cm diameter bowl, deeper than the one below (I have 2 of these)

This is a small, shallow bowl measuring about 14.5cm across - good for condiments I'd say. I have 4 of these

This is a plain sugar bowl measuring about 9.5cm across on the top diameter and 5cm high