Among the most popular of the English porcelain factories among collectors is Royal Worcester. The Worcester porcelain company was founded in 1751.

The First Period of Worcester (1751-76) is sometimes called the Dr. Wall period after John Wall, one of the founders and major shareholders. During this period, Worcester was using the formula for soft paste porcelain which was obtained when they took over Lund's Bristol Porcelain works in 1752.

Worcester also introduced the use of transfer printing on porcelain in 1757, which reduced the need for hand painting which was time consuming and expensive.

In 1783 Thomas Flight purchased the factory for his sons Joseph & John. This period led to a change in the porcelain paste used, achieving a much better, whiter body. The style of decoration during this period became much more neoclassical in style.

In 1793 Martin Barr became a partner in the firm. As more...

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An extremely large Flight Barr & Barr Worcester dinner set, C.…

An extremely large Flight Barr & Barr Worcester dinner set, C. 1825, with the Bulkeley family crest, with a shaped rim, blue celeste border and gold decoration: 102 pieces, comprising 45 dinner plates (D. 27 cm), 20 side plates (D. 22 cm), 17 soup bowls…

A Chamberlain's Worcester dinner service, 1820s, pattern 4871…

A Chamberlain's Worcester dinner service, 1820s, pattern 4871 the floral decorated service comprising dinner plates, soup bowls, four tureens in various sizes with bursting fruit finials, and a range of platters, all with floral decoration and moulded…

Chamberlain Worcester, part porcelain dinner set, with hand…

Hand-painted porcelain dinner set with Sevres-style plate

Chamberlain Worcester, part porcelain dinner set, with hand painted floral decoration on a green ground and gilt highlights, comprising of three plates and two sauce tureens, (A/F) one tureen handle restored, together with a Sevres style porcelain dinner…

A Flight Barr and Barr dinner service, circa 1820, comprising…

Flight Barr and Barr Dinner Service

A Flight Barr and Barr dinner service, circa 1820, comprising four dinner plates, twelve entree plates, six tea cups and saucers, two coffee cans, and a scalloped sandwich dish with painted sprigs of flowers and gold border, Sandwich dish 29.5 cm long

An antique Worcester part dinner set, date code for 1885 with…

Antique Worcester Dinner Set with Turquoise Border

An antique Worcester part dinner set, date code for 1885 with registration diamond. White ground with a turquoise border and gilt decoration, comprising nine large soup bowls, nine plates, a soup terrine, four serving plates. Sauce boat and stand,…

Victorian Worcester porcelain Company Ltd dinner set, including…

Victorian Worcester Dinner Set with Tureens

Victorian Worcester porcelain Company Ltd dinner set, including tureens

A set of eight George Grainger & Co dinner plates 1870-1889,…

Chinoiserie Dinner Plates by George Grainger & Co

A set of eight George Grainger & Co dinner plates 1870-1889, the Chinoiserie patterned plates in iron red with a central pavilion and garden setting bordered with flowers and bamboo between gold bands; with shield backstamps and impressed marks underside…

A pair of Flight Barr & Barr export dinner service plates,…

Flight Barr & Barr Chinoiserie Dinner Plates, c. 1815

A pair of Flight Barr & Barr export dinner service plates, circa 1815, finely decorated in the Chinoiserie manner with underglaze blue and famille rose enamels and gilt highlights depicting a child and a woman in an oriental garden setting surrounded by…

An extensive Worcester part dinner service circa 1880, in…

1880 Worcester Part Dinner Service

An extensive Worcester part dinner service circa 1880, in stylised floral and leaf pattern in blue and white with cobalt and gilt rimmed border, comprising a soup tureen and cover, three oval tureens, four sauce boats and covers, a vegetable tureen, ten…