Royal Worcester Antiques for sale.
Good Royal Worcester Antiques and even relatively modern worcester porcelain items are becoming rarer and harder to find and top quality Worcester antique pieces in particular are a wise investment.
Superb highly collectable Worcester artists include the superb Charles Baldwyn, the talented James Hadley and the various Worcester fruit artists including Richard Sebright, Harry Austin, William Hawkins and Kitty Blake.
And, not forgetting, the wonderful landscape and highland cattle scenes beautifully rendered by the various members of the Stinton Dynasty.
Tips on collecting antique Royal Worcester porcelain.
1. Find and use good reference sources that detail the numerous names and marks. Carry one with you, if you can.
2. Focus your collecting on a specific period of Royal Worcester porcelain or on specific artists.
First period refers to pieces made until 1783 when Thomas Flight purchased the Company
Regency refers to those items made when the name changed frequently
Royal Worcester refers to pieces from about 1862 onwards.
3. Beware of imitations. Early worcester was soft-paste. If a piece claims to be early, but is hard-paste porcelain or bone china, it's a fake.
4. Examine the motifs and decoration. The decoration on some pieces was painted much later than the original. Black spots or a black foot rim usually indicates a piece has been refired.
5. Remember, Royal Worcester produced a wide range of wares and they come in many different shapes and with many differnet motifs. Ensure you have fun collecting and make sure it is something you enjoy before you start spending.
Royal Worcester was founded in Worcester, England in 1751 and the first worcester factory was established on the banks of the River Severn by a group of local businessmen.
The beauty of Royal Worcester fruit painted porcelain can only be achieved thanks to the varied skills that the fruit painters and craftsmen possess.