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Tea canister, about 1768, Worcester porcelain factory V&A Museum no. 1448&A-1853.. Royal Worcester is a porcelain brand based in Worcester, England.It was established in 1751 and is believed to be the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain brand still in existence today, although this is disputed by Royal Crown Derby, which claims 1750 as its year of establishment.
Royal Worcester: Stoke-on-Trent: England: Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 1755: Royal Copenhagen: Copenhagen: Denmark: Also known as the Royal Porcelain Factory 1756: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres: Sévres: France: It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. 1757: Royal Crown Derby: Derby ...
Vintage Royal Worcester bone china. The Chinese define porcelain [b] as a type of pottery that is hard, compact and fine-grained, that cannot be scratched by a knife, and that resonates with a clear, musical note when hit. It need not be white or translucent. [4] This porcelain is made from kaolin. [5]
The Royal Worcester fruit painters were a group of painters who specialized in depicting fruits on porcelain tableware. The tradition originated with the painter Octar H. Copson, who in 1880 had also painted a plaque commissioned by a local farmer to commemorate the introduction of the Pershore plum.
Transfer printing on porcelain at the Worcester porcelain factory in the 1750s is usually associated with Robert Hancock, an etcher and engraver, who signed some pieces and had also worked for Bow. Richard and Josiah Holdship, the managers of Worcester, were very supportive and involved with Hancock's work.
[3] [4] All told, the factory was in production for longer than any English soft-paste porcelain producer other than Royal Worcester and Royal Crown Derby. [3] Geographically, it was isolated from other porcelain factories, or indeed makers of fine earthenware, which probably accounts for a relatively slow-moving stylistic development.
The Royal Worcester Visitor Centre, the seconds shop, and the café all closed with the factory in 2009. [citation needed] The Museum of Royal Worcester was formerly known as the Museum of Worcester Porcelain and the Dyson Perrins Museum and Worcester Porcelain Museum, after Charles William Dyson Perrins of Worcestershire sauce fame.
Baxter (of whom an account is given in 'A Century of Potting in the City of Worcester' by R. W. Binns, 1877 [2]) was born in Worcester, the son of a china painter and gilder, [3] who had workshops in London connected with the Worcester china works. [4] Baxter received his first instruction in art from his father.