The origins of Royal Worcester can be traced back to 1751 when Dr John Wall and William Davis, purchased the Bristol Pottery of Benjamin Lund. The main pottery operation was immediatly moved to Worcester and the production of tableware, particularly tea and dessert services began. They were one of the first of the UK potteries to extensively use transfer printing, which started in 1755. William Davis died in 1783 and this led to a series of partnerships forming over the next 55 years. George III presented the company with a Royal Warrant in 1789, but it wasn't until 1862 that the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company Ltd was formed by R W Binns, and products started to carry the Royal Worcester mark. As time passed the pottery went from strength to strength acquiring both the Thomas Grainger factory and the James Hadley works in the early 1900s. The company continued to produce high quality hand painted bone china, and after the war time restrictions were lifted extended their products to include figurine ware. Today the company continues to thrive and many of their products continue to be hand painted.
This gallery lists those discontinued tableware lines from the Royal Worcester Company.
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| Picture | Pattern | Picture | Pattern |
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8820 (Yellow) |  |
Beaufort |
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Evesham Gold |  |
Game Series - Birds (Palissy) |
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Gold Chantilly |
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Howard |
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June Garland |  |
Kalabar (Palissy) |
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Lavinia |  |
Mathon |
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Royal Garden |  |
Silver Chantilly |
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Strawberry Fair |  |
Unknown 3 |
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Woodland |
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