Tinplate Art posted:FATMAN: Was Winteringham a British firm and what vintage is your loco?
Hey Art !
Yes they were a firm that set up to design and manufacture tinplate for the prestigious Bassett-Lowke brand ...
Bassett-Lowke early on was a sales/marketing firm who contracted manufacturers to design and provide tinplate for sale under the name . Before the war ( WWI) they used a lot of German manufacturers and marketed them under their own name , Hence today we have terms like "Bing for Bassett-Lowke, Carettefor Bassett-Lowke etc ) Their two main factories in the UK supplying them were Twining Models and Winteringham.
https://www.brightontoymuseum....ry:Bassett-Lowke_Ltd
https://www.brightontoymuseum....ory:Winteringham_Ltd
Bassett-Lowke was built with "Old Money " lol and had made a motza during the industrial revolution as Boiler makers so WJ Bassett-lowke was well funded enough to contract serious scale representations etc that a "normal" tinplate company would find uneconomical and dangerous to produce and market , B-L contracted a set amount of stock and paid for the priviledge, taking on the risk rather than the factory .
They built a huge range of scales , even up to 15 inch Gauge Live Steam !
They also were excellent ship modellers etc as well ...
My Winteringham is c. 1921
