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 fruit-painted vase and cover…

A Royal Worcester porcelain fruit-painted vase and cover painted by Frank Roberts, English, dated 1954, height (with lid) 17 cm, width 12 cm

A Royal Worcester covered vase, circa 1900, the globular blush…

Royal Worcester Floral Covered Vase

A Royal Worcester covered vase, circa 1900, the globular blush ivory vase with moulded details, decorated with a loose polychrome arrangement of dahlias and wildflowers, green backstamp and shape number 1851 underside, 30 cm high

A Victorian Royal Worcester lidded potpourri vase, baluster…

Victorian Royal Worcester Blackberry Potpourri Vase

A Victorian Royal Worcester lidded potpourri vase, baluster form, the lobed body hand painted with blackberry heightened with gilt, the hexagonal top incorporating two lids, the outer pierced. Shape #2407, printed marks and date code for 1897. Height 18.5…

Royal Worcester pair of antique English porcelain lidded mantle…

Pair of Royal Worcester Porcelain Mantle Vases

Royal Worcester pair of antique English porcelain lidded mantle vases, 19th/20th century, puce factory mark to base, 24 cm high

A Worcester porcelain pot pourri vase and a spill vase, the…

A Worcester porcelain pot pourri vase and a spill vase, the first circa 1860, decorated by Josiah Rushton, the other dated 1867, the pot pourri vase of covered bowl form on a tall stem with broad foot, white ground with coloured enamel and gilt decoration…

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase by L. K. Till, fully painted…

Fruit Landscape Potpourri Vase by L. K. Till

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase by L. K. Till, fully painted with fruit in a landscape, pierced lid, on squat round foot. Signed L. K. Till. Printed factory marks, shape H291. Height 12.3 cm

Royal Worcester vase and cover, painted with roses signed M…

Rose-Painted Royal Worcester Vase by M. Hunt

Royal Worcester vase and cover, painted with roses signed M Hunt, 11 cm height, #H178 circa 1938

Royal Worcester vase and cover ovoid body painted with apples…

Platt's Fruitful Vase

Royal Worcester vase and cover ovoid body painted with apples and blackberries, signed P Platt, 19 cm height

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Roberts,…

Roberts' Fruit-Painted Royal Worcester Potpourri Vase

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Roberts, shape H162, painted with fruit on a mossy ground, signed, height 12 cm.

A lidded Royal Worcester roses vase, signed a Lane. Factory…

Royal Worcester Roses Vase by A. Lane

A lidded Royal Worcester roses vase, signed a Lane. Factory stamped 2048. 15.74, height 17 cm

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Skerrett,…

Skerrett's Royal Worcester Potpourri Vase with Fruit Motif

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Skerrett, Shape H162, painted with peaches and blackberries on a mossy ground, signed. Height 12 cm

Royal Worcester signed lidded urn / vase signed A.Watkins, with…

Royal Worcester Handpainted Rose Lidded Urn/Vase, Circa 1910

Royal Worcester signed lidded urn / vase signed A.Watkins, with handpainted blooming roses, twin handles, gilt highlights and pierced finial lid, Circa 1910. height 23 cm restoration to lid

A Royal Worcester floral twin face handle lidded vase (height…

Royal Worcester Floral Twin Face Handle Lidded Vase

A Royal Worcester floral twin face handle lidded vase (height 34 cm with hand painted floral mide section, double face themed handles, fluted neck and base and acanthus leaf decoration to bottom mid section, stamped to base with emblem and (Rd 1911),…

A Royal Worcester lidded pot pourri vase with raised gilt and…

Gilt Fruit Pot Pourri Vase by J. Skerrett

A Royal Worcester lidded pot pourri vase with raised gilt and painted fruit decoration. signed J. Skerrett. Height 13 cm

A Royal Worcester lidded pot pourri vase of four lobed shape,…

Gilt Royal Worcester Pot Pourri Vase with Roses

A Royal Worcester lidded pot pourri vase of four lobed shape, richly gilt and painted with roses and vines, circa 1911. Height 12.5 cm

Royal Worcester English floral porcelain urns, vases and lidded…

Royal Worcester English floral porcelain urns, vases, and lidded bowls

Royal Worcester English floral porcelain urns, vases and lidded bowls, 19th/20th century, (5 items), the largest 15 cm high

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Roberts,…

Roberts' Royal Worcester Potpourri Vase and Cover, H162 Shape

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Roberts, shape H162, similar to above. Height 12 cm

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Roberts,…

Roberts' Royal Worcester Potpourri Vase with Fruit Motif

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted by Roberts, shape H162, painted with peaches and grapes on a mossy ground, signed. Height 12 cm

A Royal Worcester porcelain ivory ground vase and cover painted…

Wildflower Vase with Cover, Royal Worcester Porcelain, 1916

A Royal Worcester porcelain ivory ground vase and cover painted with wild flowers, 1916, 17 cm high

Royal Worcester vase & cover in Sevres style with ormolu facial…

Sevres Style Vase with Ormolu Mounts and Floral Allegory

Royal Worcester vase & cover in Sevres style with ormolu facial mounts to the twin handles, bow, scrollwork and painted floral central allegory to mid section, and sitting on a single stem graduated base. Stamped underneath. Height 21 cm

A Royal Worcester porcelain vase and cover, of baluster form,…

Royal Worcester Porcelain Vase with Floral Design

A Royal Worcester porcelain vase and cover, of baluster form, double-handled, painted and gilt flower and leaf on a buff ground; Registered no.442795 (c.1904), design no.2336; c.1910. (neck restored, cover possibly associated) height 36 cm

A Hadley's Worcester pot pourri vase and cover, 1908, model…

Hadley's Worcester Peacock Pot Pourri Vase with Cover

A Hadley's Worcester pot pourri vase and cover, 1908, model 175/H, the ovoid lobed body painted with a peacock among foliage upon a suffused, ground, a pierced gilt and bronzed cover with pointed turban finial, a moulded collar with spear head elements,…

A Royal Worcester covered vase signed Stinton. 1938. The gently…

Stinton's Highland Cattle Vase

A Royal Worcester covered vase signed Stinton. 1938. The gently shaped oviform vase with a slender neck surmounted by a moulded finial, stylised leaf scroll gilt handles, and raised on a gilt socle and foot rim, the body superbly painted with scenes of…

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover, signed R. Austin,…

Royal Worcester Potpourri Vase with Roses by R. Austin

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover, signed R. Austin, the pierced and moulded neck and cover, painted with pink and yellow roses. Green stamp mark H291. Height 16 cm.

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase, ovoid shape raised on four…

Blackberry Potpourri Vase by Kitty Blake

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase, ovoid shape raised on four sabot feet, painted with blackberries by Kitty Blake, with a pierced cover with cupola finial (flake chip). Shape H277, height 13 cm.

A small Royal Worcester potpourri lidded vase, painted with…

Royal Worcester Fruit Potpourri Vase by E. Townsend

A small Royal Worcester potpourri lidded vase, painted with fruit, signed E. Townsend. Height 11 cm

Royal Worcester blush ivory vase circa 1910, 15.5 cm high, no…

Blush Ivory Royal Worcester Vase, Circa 1910, 15.5cm

Royal Worcester blush ivory vase circa 1910, 15.5 cm high, no lid

A Grainger Worcester George Owen style vase and cover with…

Turquoise Jewelled Grainger Worcester Vase with Cover

A Grainger Worcester George Owen style vase and cover with turquoise jewelling. 10 cm high

Royal Worcester lidded vase, of tapered ovoid form with scroll…

Royal Worcester Bird Vase with Scroll Handles

Royal Worcester lidded vase, of tapered ovoid form with scroll handles, decorated with design of birds in roundels on a powder puce ground, circa 1921, 23 cm high

A miniature Royal Worcester lidded two-handled baluster vase,…

Miniature Royal Worcester Fruit Vase and Pin Dishes Set

A miniature Royal Worcester lidded two-handled baluster vase, painted with fruit, signed 'Roberts'. Height 50. Together with a pair of miniature pin dishes painted with fruit, signed 'Wild & Massey'.

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase, ovoid shape, raised on four…

Royal Worcester Potpourri Vase with Fruit Design

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase, ovoid shape, raised on four sabot feet, painted with peaches and grapes by Roberts, the short neck mounted with a pierced cover with cupola finial. Shape H277. Height 13 cm

Royal Worcester Hadley Ware lidded pot & vase with floral…

Floral Royal Worcester Hadley Ware Pot and Vase

Royal Worcester Hadley Ware lidded pot & vase with floral decoration, 13 cm & 11 cm high approx

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover, the pierced moulded…

Royal Worcester Potpourri Vase and Cover, 1912

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover, the pierced moulded cover, painted with sprays of flowers, on blush ivory ground. Date code 1912. Height 16 cm.

Antique Hadley Worcester porcelain lidded vase with iris…

Hadley Worcester Iris Vase with Lid

Antique Hadley Worcester porcelain lidded vase with iris decoration

Royal Worcester vase with hand painted fruit by H Ayrton,…

Hand-painted fruit vase by H Ayrton

Royal Worcester vase with hand painted fruit by H Ayrton, shaped H291, no lid. Height 11 cm

Two Royal Worcester lidded potpourri vases, one painted…

Royal Worcester Potpourri Vases with Floral Designs

Two Royal Worcester lidded potpourri vases, one painted depicting a spray of poppies and wildflowers, and other with pink and yellow rose buds, both on ivory ground and heightened gilt. Date codes 1905, and 1900. Height 14 cm, 12.5 cm. Repaired to one and…

Royal Worcester blush ivory lidded vase hand painted decoration,…

Royal Worcester Hand-Painted Lidded Vase with Gilt Highlights

Royal Worcester blush ivory lidded vase hand painted decoration, gilt highlights, dual handles, footed base, marked to base and # 1618, Reg no 203564, height 25 cm.

A small Royal Worcester ovoid lidded vase with gilt decoration…

Royal Worcester Fruit Scene Vase

A small Royal Worcester ovoid lidded vase with gilt decoration and painted fruit scene. signed D Bowkelt. Height 11 cm

Royal Worcester antique English porcelain lidded mantel vase…

Royal Worcester Porcelain Vase with Gilt Floral Decoration

Royal Worcester antique English porcelain lidded mantel vase with gilt floral decoration, 19th/20th century, puce factory mark to base, 21 cm high, 21 cm wide

A Royal Worcester vase, 'Sabrina Ware', white painted fish…

Royal Worcester Fish Vase, Sabrina Ware, Restored

A Royal Worcester vase, 'Sabrina Ware', white painted fish pattern on body, shape 1707, 20th century, missing plate and lid. Restored. Height 16 cm.

Royal Worcester porcelain blush ivory lidded vase, painted…

Royal Worcester Poppy and Wheat Lidded Vase, 1910

Royal Worcester porcelain blush ivory lidded vase, painted poppies and wheat, circa 1910,No. 2209, marks to base, 17 cm high approx

Royal Worcester twin handled vase and cover, of oviform, hand…

Royal Worcester Floral Vase with Cover

Royal Worcester twin handled vase and cover, of oviform, hand decorated to the front and back with floral sprays above a sloping circular foot, a/f (cover finial with past repair), puce factory mark to base, shape # 2158, height 27 cm

Royal Worcester 200th Anniversary boxed vase with Hancocks…

Royal Worcester 200th Anniversary Vase with Allegory and Gilt Handles

Royal Worcester 200th Anniversary boxed vase with Hancocks centralised allegory pertaining to country people and pursuits, 'A shepherd and shepherdess' to the mid section, flanked by two gilt handles and adorned by a lid with gilded finial. Marked to base…

Royal Worcester vase and cover ovoid body painted with apples…

Apple and Blackberry Vase by M. Morris

Royal Worcester vase and cover ovoid body painted with apples and blackberries, signed M Morris, 13 cm height

A Royal Worcester vase, inverted baluster form, decorated with…

Royal Worcester Vase with Blackberries and Blossom

A Royal Worcester vase, inverted baluster form, decorated with blackberries, blossom and leaves, with associated cover. Shape H279, green mark, date code for 1908. Height 10 cm

A Royal Worcester covered pot pourri jar, 1890, the small…

Royal Worcester Pot Pourri Jar, 1890

A Royal Worcester covered pot pourri jar, 1890, the small globular vase with a pierced neck and cap style cover, decorated with loose flower sprays enriched with fine gilding upon an ivory ground, puce backstamp and shape number 1039 underside, 13 cm high

Royal Worcester floral lidded vase painted with flowers to each…

Royal Worcester Floral Vase with Gilt Highlights (9 words)

Royal Worcester floral lidded vase painted with flowers to each side, having gilt highlights, rdno 379642, factory number 2193, dated 1903. Height 30 cm

A covered Royal Worcester vase, 1905, the lobed ovoid vase with…

Royal Worcester Floral Vase

A covered Royal Worcester vase, 1905, the lobed ovoid vase with a recessed lid having a scalloped gilded collar and decorated with floral sprays and a butterfly upon a blush ivory ground; puce backstamp underside. Height 16 cm

Royal Worcester tapered vase and cover painted apples and…

Roberts' Signed Fruit-Themed Vase with Cover

Royal Worcester tapered vase and cover painted apples and grapes signed Roberts 12.5 cm

A Royal Worcester vase, circa early 1890s, pattern 1286, the…

Royal Worcester Aquilegia Vase

A Royal Worcester vase, circa early 1890s, pattern 1286, the large ovoid vase with basket moulding to the lower body picked out in gilt, decorated with finely painted aquilegia blooms and foliage in soft colours with gilt enrichments upon an ivory ground;…

Royal Worcester porcelain vase, decorated with hand painted…

Hand-painted Royal Worcester porcelain vase with roses and gilding

Royal Worcester porcelain vase, decorated with hand painted roses and gilding, signed by the artist M.Hunt, height 7.8 cm. (lid missing)

Royal Worcester pot pourri vase, decorated with hand painted…

Royal Worcester pot pourri vase, decorated with hand painted roses and foliate and gilding raised on three scrolled feet with pierced lid, height 13.5 (repair to lid)

Two Royal Worcester pot pourri vases, the smaller of two…

Royal Worcester Hand-Painted Pot Pourri Vases

Two Royal Worcester pot pourri vases, the smaller of two handled squat circular form with pierced cover, the larger of lobed form (lacking lid) both hand painted with flowers on a blush ivory ground, of sizes

Royal Worcester blush ivory pot pouri vase circa 1899, 14.5 cm…

Antique Royal Worcester Blush Ivory Pot Pourri Vase

Royal Worcester blush ivory pot pouri vase circa 1899, 14.5 cm high approx, no lid

A Hadley's Worcester potpourri vase, ovoid raised on four sabot…

Restored Hadley's Worcester Potpourri Vase with Blackberries

A Hadley's Worcester potpourri vase, ovoid raised on four sabot feet, painted with blackberries, no cover. Restored rim, height 9.5 cm.

A Royal Worcester small vase painted with roses, Hadley shape…

Royal Worcester Rose Vase, Hadley Shape H175

A Royal Worcester small vase painted with roses, Hadley shape H175, squat circular painted with four panels of pink roses, buds and foliage. Cover absent. Height 8.5 cm

Royal Worcester vase and cover compressed cylindrical body with…

Compressed Royal Worcester Vase with Pierced Cover

Royal Worcester vase and cover compressed cylindrical body with pierced cover, plain ground, 14 cm height