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 'Firenze' blue rimmed dinner set 9 dinner…

A Royal Worcester 'Firenze' blue rimmed dinner set 9 dinner plates, diameter 27 cm, 18 small plates/saucer, diameter 15.5 cm, 1 saucer and a plate, height 8.5 cm, 18 dessert plates, diameter 20.5 cm, 6 soup bowls, diameter 20.5 cm, 1 covered dish/tureen,…

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,…

A comprehensive Royal Worcester 'Hyde Park' service for eight…

A comprehensive Royal Worcester 'Hyde Park' service for eight place settings, comprising dinner, entree, side plates, soup coupes, tea cups and coffee cans with associated saucers, coffee pot, creamer, sugar basin, two covered tureens, gravy boat and…

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…

Extensive Royal Worcester vitreous dinner set circa 1899,…

Antique Royal Worcester Dinner Set with Some Damage

Extensive Royal Worcester vitreous dinner set circa 1899, comprising 11 dinner plates, 10 entree plates, 3 soup bowls, 10 side plates, 5 various serving platters, 2 lidded sauce tureens and saucers, 2 lidded vegetable tureens, and a large lidded soup…

A suite of Royal Worcester 'Evesham' dinner wares includes 8…

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' Dinnerware Set

A suite of Royal Worcester 'Evesham' dinner wares includes 8 lidded cups, 1 large ramekin, 1 medium ramekin, 6 small ramekins, 1 small gravy boat and saucer, 1 large gravy boat and saucer, 1 large tureen, 1 smaller tureen, 1 oval tureen, 1 rectangular…

Seven Royal Worcester 'Evesham' serving dishes comprising two…

Royal Worcester Evesham Serving Dishes Set

Seven Royal Worcester 'Evesham' serving dishes comprising two lidded serving tureens, pie flan, cake plate, five Ramekins, and oval serving dish

A Royal Worcester 'Evesham' cooking suite including: one large…

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' Cooking Set

A Royal Worcester 'Evesham' cooking suite including: one large tureen, diameter 25 cm, one medium sized tureen, two oval baking dishes, one sauce boat, one small finger bowl, three shell form dishes, one rectangular oven dish, one round baking dish, two…

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…

Partial set of Royal Worcester saucers and covered dishes a…

Royal Worcester Tableware Set with Crest and Motto

Partial set of Royal Worcester saucers and covered dishes a part set of Royal Worcester plates and covered dishes, with an armorial crest and the motto 'Dum Spiro Spero', the tureens 10 cm high.

Fifty three piece Royal Worcester dinner set decorated with an…

Royal Worcester Gilt Rim Dinner Set

Fifty three piece Royal Worcester dinner set decorated with an ornate gilt rim, sold through Anthony Horden & sons limited, comprising 8 dinner plates, 8 entree plates, 8 bowls, 8 side plates, 8 cups and saucers, 2 platters, lidded serving tureen, gravy…

Royal Worcester Evesham' Wares including lidded tureens and…

Royal Worcester Evesham Serving Set with Large Tureens

Royal Worcester Evesham' Wares including lidded tureens and other serving dishes the largest being 35 cm diameter.'

Royal Worcester porcelain dinner service, in Virginia pattern,…

Royal Worcester Virginia Porcelain Dinner Service

Royal Worcester porcelain dinner service, in Virginia pattern, comprising eight dinner plates, eight entree plates, eight bread and butter plates, eight soup coupes with matching saucers, one gravy jug and matching saucer, two platters, two tureens, cream…

A Royal Worcester 'Rhapsody' collection, includes a lidded…

Royal Worcester Rhapsody Collection: Tureen, Shakers, Pots, and More

A Royal Worcester 'Rhapsody' collection, includes a lidded tureen, two salt shakers, a pepper grinder, two lidded pots, oil & vinegar bottle

Three Royal Worcester Chinoiserie pattern tureens, 1905,…

Royal Worcester Chinoiserie Pattern Tureens, 1905

Three Royal Worcester Chinoiserie pattern tureens, 1905, pattern 5969, a pair of oval lidded tureens with vegetal handles and pedestal bases, and a small tureen (with old staple repair) on stand, all decorated in a trailing floral Chinoiserie design with…

Royal Worcester 'Isabella' dinner set comprising of 12 each…

Royal Worcester 'Isabella' 54-Piece Dinner Set

Royal Worcester 'Isabella' dinner set comprising of 12 each main plates, side plates, coups with saucers, 11 bread / butter plates, 2 tureens, 2 graduated platters and a gravy boat with under tray

A Royal Worcester Diana pattern dinner suite for twelve…

Royal Worcester Diana Dinner Set for 12

A Royal Worcester Diana pattern dinner suite for twelve comprising two tureens, an oval platter, gravy boat and sauce tureen

Royal Worcester 'Princess Anne' dinner setting for twelve…

Royal Worcester 'Princess Anne' Dinner Set for Twelve

Royal Worcester 'Princess Anne' dinner setting for twelve comprising twelve dinner plates, twelve salad plates, twelve trios (one cup missing), three tureens, one slops plate, one large platter, one smaller platter, one creamer & one sugar bowl.

Victorian Royal Worcester 'Vitreous' dinner set, #3277, circa…

Victorian Royal Worcester Elephant Dinner Set

Victorian Royal Worcester 'Vitreous' dinner set, #3277, circa 1899, comprising of 4 platters, 3 tureens (1 with under tray), large open bowl, gravy boat, 11 bowls and 7 plates, handles are in the form of elephant heads

An Eighty nine piece Royal Worcester dinner service, 1958-2001…

Royal Worcester Viceroy Gold Dinner Service

An Eighty nine piece Royal Worcester dinner service, 1958-2001 period of manufacture, 'Viceroy gold' pattern, the white service for eight simply embellished with a gold rim and borders, comprising: dinner, entree, side plates, sweet bowls, bouillon and…

Victorian Royal Worcester 'Royal Lily' dinner set circa 1878,…

Victorian Royal Worcester 'Royal Lily' Dinner Set - 10 pieces

Victorian Royal Worcester 'Royal Lily' dinner set circa 1878, comprising of 3 platters, 2 tureens, a sauce tureen with under plate, large bowl, 14 plates & 6 shallow bowls

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' lidded tureen

Royal Worcester Evesham Tureen with Lid

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' lidded tureen

Two Royal Worcester 'Evesham' lidded tureens together with a…

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' Tureens and Flan Dish Set

Two Royal Worcester 'Evesham' lidded tureens together with a large matching flan dish

Two Royal Worcester tureens, Evesham pattern

Pair of Evesham Pattern Royal Worcester Tureens

Two Royal Worcester tureens, Evesham pattern

Antique Royal Worcester dinner set, comprising of 3 tureens,…

Royal Worcester Antique Dinner Set with 42 Pieces

Antique Royal Worcester dinner set, comprising of 3 tureens, gravy boat with saucer, a platter, sandwich dish, 10 main, 10 entree plates and 8 bowls, as inspected

A Royal Crown Worcester 'Royal Garden' dinner service…

Royal Garden Dinner Service by Royal Crown Worcester

A Royal Crown Worcester 'Royal Garden' dinner service comprising: 9 teacups and saucers, 6 coffee cans and sauces, 6 soup cups and saucers, 6 dinner plates (10.5 inch), 6 dinner plates (8 inch), 6 side plates, 2 vegetable tureens, 1 oval serving dish, 1…

Part Royal Worcester dinner service, 'Orlando' pattern,…

Royal Worcester Orlando Dinner Service with Tureen

Part Royal Worcester dinner service, 'Orlando' pattern, comprising of 3 platters, 12 dinner plates, 12 entree plates, 12 side plates, 12 saucers, 12 soup bowls together with 1 tureen and extra lid

Two Royal Worcester tureens, mark dated between 1889-1902, with…

Royal Worcester Tureens with "Nil Desperandum" Inscription

Two Royal Worcester tureens, mark dated between 1889-1902, with inscription 'Nil Desperandum'. Length 33 cm

Royal Worcester 'Engadine' dinner set for 6, comprising of…

Royal Worcester 'Engadine' 6-Person Dinner Set

Royal Worcester 'Engadine' dinner set for 6, comprising of platter, gravy boat with saucer, tureen (no lid), 6 each main, entree, bread/butter plates, bowls and teacups with saucers

A collection of Royal Worcester 'Evesham' tableware - lidded…

Royal Worcester Evesham Tableware Collection

A collection of Royal Worcester 'Evesham' tableware - lidded tureen, a large square serving dish, smaller oblong dish, small circular bowl, larger circular bowl, circular shallow dish, oval shallow dish, small sauce boat on stand, two-handled oval dish…

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' patterned group of 3 oven to table…

Evesham Tureens - Royal Worcester's Oven-to-Table Masterpieces

Royal Worcester 'Evesham' patterned group of 3 oven to table tureens.

A Royal Worcester dinner service. Pair of gravy tureen on…

Royal Worcester Dinner Service 1868

A Royal Worcester dinner service. Pair of gravy tureen on stands, three vegetable tureens on stands, pair of large vegetable on stands, sauce boats on stands each with moulded elephant gilt handles, four meat plates, 12 pudding bowls, 11 side plates 34…