Worcester Porcelain

Worcester porcelain has had an interesting history since the factory began production in 1751, initially turning out porcelain soft paste and soaprock. Six years later the first transfer printed wares appeared and by the following decade they were producing a lot of rich enamel painting. In 1783 things started to get complicated when the company as bought by Thomas Flight, ten years later it became known as Flight & Barr which meant that there names began appearing on their porcelain; from 1814 to 1840 they added another Barr becoming Flight Barr & Barr. In 1852 another change of ownership saw the company become Kerr & Binns, this lasted ten years,  until the now familiar Royal Worcester appeared for the first time.