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Royal Worcester
Royal Worcester china is still in production today, notably the tablewares for which it has long been famous. The factory grew out of the Worcester porcelain factory which was established in the city in 1751 making porcelain tableware.
After various name and ownership changes during the late 18th and 19th century, it became known as Royal Worcester in 1862. At this time it produced decorative and ornamental porcelain in a wide variety of forms and styles.
During the 19th and first half of the 20th century, the factory was particularly renowned for the high quality ornamental pieces by artist decorators including Harry Davies; Harry and James Stinton, Richard Sebright and Dorothy Doughty.
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Angling for Worcester teapot
29 August 2022This Worcester teapot, offered for sale at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) in Crewkerne, dates from the first decade of factory production: c.1755-57.
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Dessert service with noble origins on the menu in British Columbia
29 August 2022Maynards in Richmond, British Columbia, which offer this Chamberlain’s Worcester armorial part dessert service.
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Boxers fight their way to the top price level
10 January 2022Rarely do 19th century Staffordshire figures feature among the top-selling lots at auction these days but two bare-fist boxing champions did just that.
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Ceramics: Twinight Collection shines bright at Bonhams auction
15 November 2021British porcelain element of renowned US collection amassed in European salerooms comes to auction in London
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Desirable davenport discovered in Ilkley auction
20 September 2021Few furniture forms suffered a bigger crash in prices than the davenport.
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Pick of the week: Sleeper in Norfolk as Worcester 'Union Jack House’ cup is flagged up
09 August 2021A solitary English blue and white porcelain coffee cup emerged from the relative anonymity of a one-line catalogue description and a £120-180 estimate to sell for £4100 at Keys in Aylsham on July 24.
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Royal Worcester vases and a Victorian silver jug are among five lots to watch at auction this week
07 June 2021With estimates from £300-60,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
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Breakfast service fit for royal visitors makes 10-times estimate in Edinburgh sale
07 June 2021This huge porcelain breakfast service was made to welcome Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their first visit to Scotland in 1842.
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Brangwyn the bachelor boy
10 May 2021From 1932-34 Clarice Cliff was the art director for a project involving nearly 30 artists of the day to promote good design on tableware.
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Pick of the week: A rare white bird worth waiting for
29 March 2021Having postponed the sale in November and again in January, Chorley’s finally got to sell an exceptional private collection of early English porcelain in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, on March 24.
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Alchin and Kenber collections of Worcester porcelain up to Scratch Cross
11 January 2021Bonhams has a long tradition of single-owner sales devoted to noted collections of early English porcelain.
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Unrecorded Worcester mug offered by Albert Amor
14 December 2020This previously unrecorded cylindrical mug is an addition to the known Worcester underglaze blue armorial pieces.
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Royal Worcester plaque painters in the spotlight at Trevanion & Dean
07 September 2020In the hierarchy of Royal Worcester fruit painters Frank Roberts (1857-1920) comes close to the top.
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Three pieces of wonderful Worcester highlight the work of a trio of factories
10 August 2020Pictured here are three good examples of Worcester hard-paste porcelain from the early decades of the 19th century – at which time there was a trio of factories operating in the city.
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Vietnamese bidding boosts Royal Worcester results
03 February 2020A coffee service decorated in the round by William Powell was one of a quartet of early 20th century Royal Worcester offerings to go way above estimate, largely fuelled by bidding from Vietnam, at Fieldings (20% buyer’s premium).
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Royal Worcester ewer offered in Dania Beach auction
20 January 2020This 13in (32cm) Royal Worcester ewer decorated with owls by Charles Baldwyn (1859-1913) carries an estimate of $950-1050 at Broward Auction Gallery in Dania Beach, Florida.
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Worcester wonders go to new homes after dealer event
25 November 2019A small Worcester mug painted with a rare blue and white pattern, c.1752-53, was among the stand-out sales during Jupiter Antiques’ latest exhibition, where it was offered for a price in the region of £4000.
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Starrs collection boosted by George Owen pieces for Royal Worcester
25 November 2019The Starrs collection at Sotheby’s featured 25 reticulated vases or decorative objects produced by George Owen for Royal Worcester, most them purchased at auction in the early 1980s.
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Worcester mug rides crest of bidding wave
23 September 2019While typically it is the very earliest pieces of Worcester porcelain from the 1750s that excite the market, there is always great interest in documentary pieces.
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Early Worcester plate among ceramics offered at 'A Collectors’ Paradise' in London
17 June 2019A rare early Worcester plate, c.1752, painted in Chinese famille verte style is offered by dealer Robyn Robb at 'A Collectors’ Paradise', the annual group selling show of pottery and porcelain in St James’s. Offered for £9500, it features a bird perched on a flowering prunus tree.
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