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GRINDLEY  COMPANY

The companhy was in business from 1880 to 1991 and in 1891 they moved to Tunstall “Stroke-on-Trent.”  Alfred Clough bought out the company in1960 and in 1978 - 1988 it was renamed “Grindley of Stoke. W.H. Grindley bought back his company in 1991, Stamps/logo with “England” on the date prior to 1891.  Other sources state the Arcadia pattern was made from between 1925 – 1928. 

SCHNEIDER

Invented by Cale J. Schneider who patented the cake breaker in 1932. Sleek Art Deco Diamond Design of the handle is sure to please. No chips, cracks or breaks.

      CALE J. SCHNEIDER, INVENTOR, 79, DIES; Special to The New York Times; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 29, 1971; pg. 26, 1 pgs:

      Cale J. Schneider, who invented a multi-pronged cake breaker to slice the softest cake, and currently in use as a comb for Afro-American coiffures, died today in his Toledo home.  He was 79 years old. Mr. Schneider patented the cake breaker in 1932, the year after he founded a manufacturing concern here under his name.  The cake breaker is a fork-like utensil with about a dozen thin prongs. ...For two years, Pillsbury Flour Mills and Duncan Hines purchased hundreds of thousands of the cake breakers to distribute as premiums with their cake mixes. ...Mr. Schneider also invented sweet-corn holders under the name Kob-Knobs.C.J. Schneider Mfg. Co. Toledo 7, OhioUSA.

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