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 Royal Worcester porcelain 'Countess of Dudley' service…

A Royal Worcester porcelain 'Countess of Dudley' service covered sugar bowl, dated 1865, the decoration by Thomas Scott Callowhill and James Callowhill, the jewelling and gilding by Samuel Ranford, Cup-shaped on three gilt lion's paw feet with a finialled…

Royal Worcester antique English floral porcelain tea ware,…

Royal Worcester 19th/20th Century Floral Porcelain Tea Set (15 Items)

Royal Worcester antique English floral porcelain tea ware, 19th/20th century, (15 items), the teapot 17 cm high

Royal Worcester white porcelain part dinner service decorated…

Royal Worcester white porcelain part dinner service decorated with basketweave figural birds on lids, 3 dinner plates, diameter 25.5 cm, 4 dessert plates, diameter 18 cm, 5 bowl, diameter 17.5 cm, 4 flat cup plates, diameter 15 cm, 3 tea cups, 1 pitcher,…

Boxed Royal Worcester twelve piece tea set, comprising six demi…

Royal Worcester Tea Set with Shell and Acanthus Motifs

Boxed Royal Worcester twelve piece tea set, comprising six demi tasse and six saucers, decorated with shell, acanthus and flower pattern above acanthus motifs connected with draping foliage, marks to base, a/f (some saucers contain hairlines and cracks)…

Royal Worcester porcelain miniature teaset, signed, hand…

Signed Royal Worcester Miniature Fallen Fruit Teaset

Royal Worcester porcelain miniature teaset, signed, hand painted fallen fruit pattern comprising teapot, trio, creamer and sugar bowl teapot, height 8.6 cm, (some a/f)

Royal Worcester porcelain miniature teaset, signed, hand…

Hand-painted Royal Worcester Miniature Fallen Fruit Teaset

Royal Worcester porcelain miniature teaset, signed, hand painted fallen fruit pattern comprising teapot, trio, creamer and sugar bowl (teapot, height 8.6 cm)

Royal Worcester English porcelain miniature teapot with…

Hand-painted Fruit Miniature Teapot by Royal Worcester

Royal Worcester English porcelain miniature teapot with hand-painted fruit decoration, signed 'Roberts', 20th century, black factory mark to base, 12.5 cm high

Royal Worcester English porcelain miniature teapot, with…

Hand-painted Royal Worcester fruit teapot

Royal Worcester English porcelain miniature teapot, with hand-painted fruit decoration, signed (illegible), mid 20th century, black factory mark to base, 8 cm high, 11 cm wide

A Royal Worcester coffee service for four including tray, sugar…

Royal Worcester Coffee Set with Tray & Accessories for Four

A Royal Worcester coffee service for four including tray, sugar bowl, teapot and others

An extensive Royal Worcester 'Beaufort' patterened dinner suite…

Royal Worcester 'Beaufort' Dinner Suite

An extensive Royal Worcester 'Beaufort' patterened dinner suite comprising: 10 dinner plates, 10 bowls, 1 crescent shaped platter, 1 serving platter, 1 large serving platter, 1 large tureen with extra lid, 5 bread and butter plates, 10 teacup and saucer…

A Royal Worcester Roanoke tea set, comprising four trios, a…

Royal Worcester Roanoke Tea Set with Fluted Design

A Royal Worcester Roanoke tea set, comprising four trios, a sugar bowl, a creamer and two teapots of fluted design with loose posies of flowers, black backstamps underside, the teapots 14 cm high

George Owen (Royal Worcester) a very fine reticulated double…

Jewelled Reticulated Teapot by George Owen, 1878

George Owen (Royal Worcester) a very fine reticulated double wall lidded teapot with jewelled handles lid and bands to upper and lower body, pink and turquoise colouring, date mark 1878, height 13 cm, width 14 cm. Provenance: Wales collection.

Three Royal Worcester fruit miniature tea wares all signed and…

Hand-painted Royal Worcester Fruit Miniature Tea Set

Three Royal Worcester fruit miniature tea wares all signed and hand painted with fruit decoration, comprising a coffee pot, teapot, and lidded sugar bowl.

A Royal Worcester tea set, date code for 1917, retailed by…

Antique Royal Worcester Tea Set with Maple & Co Retailer

A Royal Worcester tea set, date code for 1917, retailed by Maple & Co, comprising eleven cups and saucers, eleven cake plates, a cream jug, a sugar bowl and a larger plate, all decorated in gold with urns and classical motifs on a white and pink ground,…

Royal Worcester teapot, Oriental design porcelain blue and…

Oriental Blue and White Teapot with Pagoda Decorations

Royal Worcester teapot, Oriental design porcelain blue and white teapot with willow and pagoda decorations with cane shape handle raised on three gilded feet

A hand painted and signed miniature Royal Worcester tea service…

Hand-painted Royal Worcester tea set for two

A hand painted and signed miniature Royal Worcester tea service for two, height 8.5 cm - teapot)

A Palissy of the Royal Worcester group 'Game Series' dinner and…

Palissy Royal Worcester Game Series Dinner & Tea Set

A Palissy of the Royal Worcester group 'Game Series' dinner and tea setting including: 8 dinner plates, 8 bread plates, 8 bowls, 8 trios, 1 oval serving platter, length 30 cm, 1 teapot, 1 creamer, 1 sugar pot

Royal Worcester teapot, blush ivory pumpkin shape with gilded…

Gilded Leaf Teapot in Blush Ivory Pumpkin Shape

Royal Worcester teapot, blush ivory pumpkin shape with gilded handle and leaf decorations

A suite of Royal Worcester Evesham porcelain, comprising…

Royal Worcester Evesham Porcelain Suite - 58 Pieces

A suite of Royal Worcester Evesham porcelain, comprising fourteen main plates, twelve soup bowls, eighteen entree plates, sixteen cake plates, four dessert bowls, four larger bowls, three mugs, fourteen tea cups and saucers, two egg coddlers, one large…

Royal Worcester gilt rimmed and floral patterned tea service…

Gilt Rimmed Floral Tea Set for Six

Royal Worcester gilt rimmed and floral patterned tea service for six comprising of teapot, lazy susan, lidded sugar, sugar bowl, creamer, and six cup and saucer duos

A Royal Worcester novelty spill vase, in the form of a tea pot,…

Royal Worcester Tea Pot Spill Vase & Miniature Vase

A Royal Worcester novelty spill vase, in the form of a tea pot, blush ivory ground, together with a miniature Royal Worcester vase, both painted with summer sprays of flowers. Circa 1900. Height 11 and 8 cm. (2)

Royal Worcester miniature tea/coffee for two set comprising two…

Handpainted Fruit Miniature Tea/Coffee Set by Roberts

Royal Worcester miniature tea/coffee for two set comprising two cups,saucers, and plates, lidded sugar, creamer, teapot and coffee pot, restoration to coffee pot,all handpainted with fruit decoration and signed Roberts

Royal Worcester miniature tea for two set comprising 2 cups and…

Handpainted Fruit Tea Set by Royal Worcester

Royal Worcester miniature tea for two set comprising 2 cups and saucers one with broken handle, 1 plate, teapot, lidded sugar and creamer, all handpainted with fruit decoration, signed

A Royal Worcester porcelain part tea set of the Marian Ellis…

Royal Worcester Porcelain Tea Set with Australian Flora Decoration

A Royal Worcester porcelain part tea set of the Marian Ellis Rowan Australian Flower series, circa 1900, comprising a tea pot, six teacups, two saucers and twelve plates with acid etched borders, gilded rims, painted with various Australian flora, the…

Royal Worcester reticulated teapot with enamelled & painted…

George Owen Reticulated Teapot with Crane & Village Decoration

Royal Worcester reticulated teapot with enamelled & painted decoration of cranes and village scenes attributed to George Owen, length 17 cm

Royal Worcester 'Sheridan' Coffee/ tea service with floral…

Floral Sheridan Coffee/Tea Service by Royal Worcester

Royal Worcester 'Sheridan' Coffee/ tea service with floral designs

A Royal Worcester gold lustre coffee and tea set, 8pcs mid 20th…

Royal Worcester Gold Lustre Coffee and Tea Set

A Royal Worcester gold lustre coffee and tea set, 8pcs mid 20th century comprising of: 1 x tea pot 1 x coffee pot 1 x milk jug 1 x sugar bowl 1 x small bowl 1 x salt shaker 1 x pepper shaker 1 x condiment jar

Royal Worcester 'Bernina' dinner setting, Consists of, 1 x…

Royal Worcester 'Bernina' Dinner Set

Royal Worcester 'Bernina' dinner setting, Consists of, 1 x teapot, 1 x salad bowl, diameter 24 cm, 4 x egg coddlers, 6 x teacups + 6 x saucers, 1 x pin dish, diameter 11.5 cm, 6 x bread and butter plates, diameter 18.3 cm, 6 x fruit bowls, diameter 17 cm,…

A Victorian Royal Worcester teapot, circa 1891, pattern W 2010,…

Victorian Royal Worcester Teapot, Pattern W 2010

A Victorian Royal Worcester teapot, circa 1891, pattern W 2010, a bullet-shaped teapot with a ribbed and ribbon tied gilt handle and a gilded spout, decorated with polychrome floral specimens picked out in gilt upon a satin ivory ground; puce backstamp…

Royal Worcester 'Royal Garden' pattern bachelors porcelain…

Royal Worcester Porcelain Teapot in 'Royal Garden' Pattern

Royal Worcester 'Royal Garden' pattern bachelors porcelain teapot

Wedgwood 'Sarah's Garden' porcelain serving platter (boxed),…

Porcelain Platter, Vase & Teapot Set

Wedgwood 'Sarah's Garden' porcelain serving platter (boxed), together with a Royal Worcester millennium vase and a John Maddock & Sons English porcelain teapot, (3 items), the platter 50 cm across

A Royal Worcester 'Pumpkin' tea set, blush ivory ground…

Royal Worcester Pumpkin Tea Set (1893-1895)

A Royal Worcester 'Pumpkin' tea set, blush ivory ground heightened in gilt, comprising tea pot, lidded sugar bowl, creamer and open sugar bowl. Dated 1893-1895.

Frank Roberts hand painted fruit Royal Worcester miniature tea…

Hand-painted Fruit Tea Set by Royal Worcester

Frank Roberts hand painted fruit Royal Worcester miniature tea service

A Royal Worcester blush ivory tea service including cake plates…

Blush Ivory Royal Worcester Tea Set for Six

A Royal Worcester blush ivory tea service including cake plates setting for six people.

Royal Worcester 21 piece tea set plain matt fawn glaze

Plain Fawn Glaze Tea Set by Royal Worcester

Royal Worcester 21 piece tea set plain matt fawn glaze

Royal Worcester porcelain miniature, tea set, each one…

Fruit-Painted Miniature Tea Set by Royal Worcester

Royal Worcester porcelain miniature, tea set, each one beautifully painted with fruit on a wooded moss ground, signed, comprising two teapots, coffee pot, two twin handled sugar bowls, creamer, cake plate, three cups, four saucers, three smaller dishes,…

A Royal Worcester Art Deco tea service, includes four cups,…

Art Deco Royal Worcester Tea Set

A Royal Worcester Art Deco tea service, includes four cups, five saucers, six cake plates, a sugar bowl & creamer

Royal Worcester tea service for six in the gilt and floral…

Royal Worcester Gilt Floral Tea Set for Six

Royal Worcester tea service for six in the gilt and floral design to, comprising of teapot six saucers and six cups, creamer and sugar bowl, stamped to base

Royal Worcester floral painted teapot on a blue ground, painted…

Floral Royal Worcester Teapot, 1901

Royal Worcester floral painted teapot on a blue ground, painted with flowers, dated 1901. Height 11.6 cm

An eghty one piece Royal Worcester dinner service, 1994-2009,…

Royal Worcester Dinner Service in 'Prince Regent' Pattern

An eghty one piece Royal Worcester dinner service, 1994-2009, production era, 'Prince Regent' pattern, an unused and elegant place setting for twelve with cobalt and burgundy borders with gold flowers including: dinner, entree, bread and butter plates,…

A Royal Worcester four piece Aesthetic movement porcelain tea…

Aesthetic Porcelain Tea Set with Lizard Handles

A Royal Worcester four piece Aesthetic movement porcelain tea set, date code: 1889, all with black ground overlaid with flowers, foliage, and butterflies, handles formed as lizards, comprising a teapot, covered sugar, creamer, and a cup and saucer.

A miniature Royal Worcester 'Fruit study' teapot, circa 1960s,…

Autumn Fruit Study Teapot

A miniature Royal Worcester 'Fruit study' teapot, circa 1960s, with signature of K. Mason, the petite globular teapot with a gilded handle and spout, well decorated throughout with peaches, cherries and plums in a naturalistic autumnal setting, the lid…

A sterling silver mounted Royal Worcester blue and white three…

Royal Worcester Silver Mounted Blue & White Tea Set (1880)

A sterling silver mounted Royal Worcester blue and white three piece tea set, 1880, the teapot 10.5 cm

Victorian Royal Worcester 11 piece part tea service. Embossed &…

Victorian Royal Worcester Tea Service with Floral Embossing

Victorian Royal Worcester 11 piece part tea service. Embossed & hand painted floral decoration. Teapot A/F. Length 49 cm (tray)

A Royal Worcester teapot, Flavelle Brothers Ltd, raised…

Royal Worcester Teapot with Aborigine Decoration

A Royal Worcester teapot, Flavelle Brothers Ltd, raised decoration depicting an aborigine making a small fire, signed C. Johnson, minor paint chips and crack to base, 11.5 cm high

Royal Worcester six person tea service 21 piece with pheasant…

George Stinton Pheasant Tea Service for Six

Royal Worcester six person tea service 21 piece with pheasant design, signed George Stinton

A fine Royal Worcester jewelled 'George Owen' reticulated…

Jewelled Royal Worcester Reticulated Teapot, 1876

A fine Royal Worcester jewelled 'George Owen' reticulated porcelain teapot and cover, dated 1876, with beaded, cover, spout and handle, the gilt jewelled reticulated body cut in bands of geometric designs tinted in pink, yellow and turquoise, raised and…

Royal Worcester three piece tea set. 'Roanoke' pattern,…

Royal Worcester Roanoke Tea Set - 3 Pieces

Royal Worcester three piece tea set. 'Roanoke' pattern, including teapot; sugar bowl & cream jug. Height 18 cm (teapot)

A Royal Worcester miniature teapot, hand painted with fruit and…

Hand-painted Royal Worcester fruit teapot with gilt accents

A Royal Worcester miniature teapot, hand painted with fruit and signed under the gilt handle, gilt flower bud to lid

Royal Worcester Evesham dinner set, comprising of 2 oval…

Royal Worcester Evesham Dinner Set

Royal Worcester Evesham dinner set, comprising of 2 oval casserole dishes with lids, 1 oval dish with lid, 2 round casserole dishes with lids, 1 oval serving dish, 8 dinner plates, 8 side plates, 8 entree dishes with lids,8 entree dish saucers, 8 salmon…

Vintage Royal Worcester tea set, comprising of cake plate, milk…

Royal Worcester Tea Set with 21 Pieces

Vintage Royal Worcester tea set, comprising of cake plate, milk jug, sugar bowl, 6 plates, 6 saucers and 6 cups

Royal Worcester teapot c1770

Antique Royal Worcester Teapot, c. 1770

Royal Worcester teapot c1770

An eight place setting of Royal Worcester 'Evesham' tableware,…

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' Tableware Set - 75+ Pieces

An eight place setting of Royal Worcester 'Evesham' tableware, comprising: eight dinner plates, luncheon plates, side plates, dessert bowls, fruit dishes, ramekins; along with a three piece tea set, eight cups and saucers, sauce and gravy boats, salt and…

A Royal Worcester reticulated porcelain tea set, circa 1880,…

Royal Worcester Reticulated Tea Set, 1880

A Royal Worcester reticulated porcelain tea set, circa 1880, comprising a teapot, a cream jug, a covered sugar basin, a plate and a cup and saucer, each with honeycomb reticulation, painted in colours of turquoise, red and pink with raised jewelled…

Royal Worcester 10 pcs part tea set depicting, birds, each…

Hand-painted Bird Tea Set by Royal Worcester

Royal Worcester 10 pcs part tea set depicting, birds, each piece is hand painted with a naturalistic bird, scene and signed by the artist, two artists, H Powell and E. Townsend, the set comprises of three cups, three saucers and four side plates. Diameter…

Royal Worcester Trembleuse trios, together with Victorian…

Antique Tea Set Collection with Trembleuse Trios

Royal Worcester Trembleuse trios, together with Victorian registered design part tea set and others

A Royal Worcester porcelain teaset, comprising six cups and…

Handpainted Royal Worcester Clematis Porcelain Teaset, 1908

A Royal Worcester porcelain teaset, comprising six cups and saucers, teapot and jug. All handpainted with clematis flowers. Stamped circa 1908.

Royal Worcester tea service, comprising 11 teacups and saucers,…

Royal Worcester Blossom Tea Set with Gilt Border

Royal Worcester tea service, comprising 11 teacups and saucers, side plates and sandwich plate, painted with blossom with gilt border. Puce mark with date registration.

A rare Royal Worcester jewelled Art Nouveau part tea service,…

Royal Worcester Art Nouveau Tea Set with Jewels

A rare Royal Worcester jewelled Art Nouveau part tea service, comprising two plates, milk jug and sugar bowl, painted with gilt branches with enamel coral berries

Rare Royal Worcester part dinner service, substantial set…

Royal Worcester 'Ferncroft' Dinner Set

Rare Royal Worcester part dinner service, substantial set including soup bowls, tea service etc 'Ferncroft' pattern

A Royal Worcester 'Howard' porcelain part tea service

Royal Worcester 'Howard' Tea Set

A Royal Worcester 'Howard' porcelain part tea service