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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A fine pair of Worcester Dr Wall porcelain dishes, circa 1780.…

Worcester Dr Wall Porcelain Dishes, 1780

A fine pair of Worcester Dr Wall porcelain dishes, circa 1780. Of oval form, painted with gilded scale blue borders and reserves of fancy birds, butterfly and insects, 27.5 cm width.Provenance: Purchased from Graham & Oxley Kensington London, 1978.

A Worcester porcelain gilt-edged lobed oval plate, decorated in…

Exotic Bird and Butterflies Decorated Gilt-Edged Worcester Porcelain Plate

A Worcester porcelain gilt-edged lobed oval plate, decorated in the London atelier of James Giles with an exotic bird perched on a rock, butterflies, insects and berries. English circa 1765/70. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 18/05/1995 (7250 pounds).…

A fine Worcester pink peacock feather and gilt bordered and…

Worcester Pink Peacock Feather and Gilt Bordered Plate, English 1770

A fine Worcester pink peacock feather and gilt bordered and flower and fruit painted shaped circular plate, English circa 1770. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London. Robert Burke collection no 37, 22 cm diameter

A Worcester porcelain pierced pink and yellow and ozier-moulded…

Worcester Porcelain Pierced Oval Dish with Flower Decoration

A Worcester porcelain pierced pink and yellow and ozier-moulded shaped oval dish, painted with flowers. English circa 1760. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 17/06/2016 (2400 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 210. Reference: See Worcester Porcelain,…

A very rare Worcester porcelain shaped circular gilt-edged…

Rare Worcester Porcelain Plate with Fishing Scene, James Giles Atelier

A very rare Worcester porcelain shaped circular gilt-edged plate painted in the atelier of James Giles with two men fishing a castle and figures in a river landscape, English circa 1770. Provenance: Marcel Steiglitz Collection. Nina Weil Collection no 95.…

A pair of Worcester porcelain shaped circular plates, painted…

Worcester Porcelain Plates with Fruit, Mushrooms, and Butterflies

A pair of Worcester porcelain shaped circular plates, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with fruit, a mushroom and large butterflies. English circa 1765/70, unmarked. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 06/12/1999 (5500 pounds). Robert Burke…

A rare First period Worcester pickle dish, circa 1752-53 in the…

Rare 1752 Worcester Pickle Dish in Scallop Shell Shape

A rare First period Worcester pickle dish, circa 1752-53 in the shape of a scallop shell, a border of chevrons moulded around the foot rim, delicately painted in colours with Chinese style sprigs and a border of florets linked by pencil scrolls, red line…

A pair of Worcester blue scale ground moulded cabbage leaf…

Worcester Cabbage Leaf Floral Plates, 1765

A pair of Worcester blue scale ground moulded cabbage leaf floral plates, circa 1765, mock Chinese blue seal marks. 26 cm wide (2)

A Worcester porcelain scalloped-circular plate, painted in the…

Worcester Porcelain Plate with Exotic Birds and Insects

A Worcester porcelain scalloped-circular plate, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds, insects and plums. English circa 1768/70, red anchor mark. Provenance: T.E. Inman Collection. Barbara Leake Collection. Robyn Robb, England,…

A rare pair of Worcester yellow-ground lobed circular porcelain…

Worcester Yellow-Ground Plates Painted by James Giles, London 1770

A rare pair of Worcester yellow-ground lobed circular porcelain plates, painted with fruit and flowers in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1770. Provenance: Lady Ludlow collection no 224. Robert Burke collection no 45. Reference: For a…

A Worcester porcelain puce-decorated Classical landscape…

Worcester Porcelain Puce Landscape Plate, English circa 1770

A Worcester porcelain puce-decorated Classical landscape painted shaped-circular gilt-edged plate, English circa 1770. Provenance: Robyn Robb England. Robert Burke collection no 181. Reference: A similar plate illustrated Worcester Porcelain Dinah…

A fine and rare Worcester porcelain shaped square dish, most…

Rare Worcester Porcelain Dish with Aesop's Fable Panel, English 1780

A fine and rare Worcester porcelain shaped square dish, most likely painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with an Aesop's fable panel, surrounded by fruit and birds in a variant of the Lord Henry Thynne pattern. English circa 1780, bordered with fruit,…

Dr Wall Worcester 'Pine Cone Pattern' exceptional English…

Dr Wall Worcester 'Pine Cone Pattern' exceptional English pierced blue and white porcelain serving plate with applied flowers and branch handles, circa 1770, blue crescent mark, 26 cm across the handles

A pair of fine Worcester lobed square gilt scale-blue ground…

Worcester gilt scale-blue dishes in Lady Wortley Montagu pattern

A pair of fine Worcester lobed square gilt scale-blue ground cushion shaped dishes painted in The Lady Wortley Montagu Pattern, Version Two in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1770, underglaze blue fret and open crescent marks. Provenance:…

A fine and rare Worcester sea-green and gilt banded…

Rare Worcester Sea-Green Heart Dish, Lord Henry Thynne Pattern

A fine and rare Worcester sea-green and gilt banded heart-shaped dish painted with an extensive landscape bordered with birds and fruit, in the Lord henry Thynne pattern. English circa 1770. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd circa 1990 (3000 pounds). Robert…

A fine Worcester porcelain turquoise- blue ground shaped…

Worcester Porcelain Plate with Fruit and Flowers, circa 1760

A fine Worcester porcelain turquoise- blue ground shaped circular plate, decorated in the atelier of James Giles with fruit and flowers and a gilt cornucopia border. English circa 1760. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 19. Reference: A turquoise…

A rare Worcester porcelain Aesop's fables decorated oval tureen,…

Rare Worcester Porcelain Aesop's Fables Tureen and Stand

A rare Worcester porcelain Aesop's fables decorated oval tureen, cover and stand, possibly painted with 'The three red foxes' and The fox and the hedgehog' by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, also painted with Cupid's bow and arrow, fruit and insects. English…

A Worcester wet blue bough pot, circa 1760, in rococo moulded…

Worcester Wet Blue Bough Pot with Exotic Birds

A Worcester wet blue bough pot, circa 1760, in rococo moulded form with a high scrolled back, pierced for suspension, boldly scrolled moulded rim, the fixed cover pierced with one large and 18 smaller holes, with shaped reserves painted in colours with…

A rare pair of Worcester porcelain scale-blue and gilt shaped…

Worcester porcelain plates with Giles decoration, circa 1770

A rare pair of Worcester porcelain scale-blue and gilt shaped circular plates, decorated in the London atelier of James Giles with birds and flowers in reserved panels. English circa 1770. Provenance: Robyn Robb England. 2007 Exhibition no 6. (17/7/2007…

A pair of large Worcester porcelain cabbage-leaf moulded oval…

Worcester porcelain cabbage-leaf dishes with fruit and butterflies, 1765

A pair of large Worcester porcelain cabbage-leaf moulded oval dishes, painted with fruit and butterflies in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1765/8. Provenance: American private collection. James A Lewis and Son, New York. Albert Amor Ltd…

A fine and rare Worcester porcelain shaped-oval green and gilt…

Rare Worcester Porcelain Dish with Fruit and Insects, 1770

A fine and rare Worcester porcelain shaped-oval green and gilt bordered dish, painted with fruit, butterflies and insects. English circa 1770, gold filled crescent mark. Provenance: Brian Haughton Antiques London. Robert Burke collection no 2. Exhibited:…

A fine pair of Worcester gilt scale-blue lobed circular plates,…

Worcester Gilt Scale-Blue Plates with Exotic Birds and Flowers

A fine pair of Worcester gilt scale-blue lobed circular plates, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds and flowers in panels. English circa 1770, underglaze blue fret marks. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 109, 23.2 cm…

A very rare Worcester porcelain gilt-decorated figure of a Turk,…

Rare Worcester Porcelain Gilt Turk Figure, circa 1755

A very rare Worcester porcelain gilt-decorated figure of a Turk, English circa 1755. Provenance: Christie's Australia 18/07/1993 lot 315 (AUD$5940). Robert Burke collection no 87. Reference: H.R. Marshall plate 20. 379/381 for related figures, 13.5 cm…

A Dr Wall Worcester polychrome and blue scale basket and cover…

Worcester Polychrome Scale Basket & Cover on Stand

A Dr Wall Worcester polychrome and blue scale basket and cover on stand, circa 1770 of shaped form profusely decorated with applied flowers and leafage on a blue scale ground, applied branch handles, underglaze blue fretted square mark to the plate, the…

A pair of Worcester Barr Flight & Barr plates, circa 1810 each…

Worcester Barr Flight & Barr Floral Plates

A pair of Worcester Barr Flight & Barr plates, circa 1810 each finely painted and gilt with a central panel of spring flowers within a gilded foliate border, impressed crowned BFB, puce printed factory mark referring to the Coventry Street address and…

A pair of very rare and finely decorated Worcester blue-scale…

Rare Worcester blue-scale and gilt plates, painted by James Giles

A pair of very rare and finely decorated Worcester blue-scale and gilt lobed circular plates, superbly painted in the London atelier of James Giles with baskets of flowers and sprigs reserved in panels. English circa 1768/70, underglaze blue fret mark.…

A rare Worcester porcelain Aesop's Fables lobed circular…

Worcester Porcelain Aesop's Fables Plate by Jefferyes O'Neale

A rare Worcester porcelain Aesop's Fables lobed circular Royal-blue ground and gilt plate painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, with the story of the 'Tygre and fox'. English circa 1768, underglaze blue fret mark. Provenance: Wills collection. Albert Amor…

A rare Worcester porcelain Aesop's Fables lobed circular Royal…

Worcester Porcelain Aesop's Fables Plate by Jefferyes O'Neale, 1768

A rare Worcester porcelain Aesop's Fables lobed circular Royal blue ground and gilt plate painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, with the Fable of the crow and the sheep. English circa 1768. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London Spring 1986 Exhibition cat. no…

A rare Worcester porcelain puce-camaieu and yellow-ground…

Rare Worcester porcelain Chinoiserie landscape mug, circa 1758-62

A rare Worcester porcelain puce-camaieu and yellow-ground bell-shaped mug, painted with Chinoiserie landscapes flowers and gilt, English circa 1758-62, unmarked. Provenance: James A Lewis New York, Simon Spero 1993 Exhibition no 26. Albert Amor Ltd London…