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The history of royal connections with Worcester Pottery spans over 250 years. The very first Royal Dinner Service was produced in Worcester way back in 1770 for the brother of King George III, the Duke of Gloucester. It was King George III himself who after a visit in 1788 with Queen Charlotte to the Worcester Pottery Factory advised Joseph Flight, the then owner of the business, to expand and open a prestigious Worcester pottery shop in London on Coventry Street.

Joseph Flight after taking the advice of the King was rewarded in 1789 with the first Royal Warrant which allowed him to advertise and print that Worcester were

‘Manufacturers to their Majesties' and the use of the Royal Coat of Arms on the pottery.

During the following Century Royal Connections continued with the Worcester Pottery Company. Under the ownership of Chamberlain over 400 worcester pottery designs were produced in a book for the Prince Regent. Later in 1830 when the business was then owned by Flight, Barr & Barr the Worcester Pottery Company were commissioned to produce the Coronation Service for King William IV ( now housed at Windsor Castle).

Royal Worcester was formed in 1862 shortly after Prince Albert had ordered a dessert service for Queen Victoria. He had admired the Worcester Porcelains and enamels and the dessert Service was to be covered in the Worcester Enamel. The service had pierced panels with a luxurious turquoise background. It was designed by Thomas Reeve and then painted by Thomas Bott.

From the formation of Royal Worcester Porcelain in 1862 through to the closure of the Royal Worcester Pottery factory in 2009 many more Royal visits and connections occurred. In 1951, the year before her coronation, Princess Elizabeth visited Worcester to see the Royal Worcester factory and to open the Worcester porcelain museum. HRH Queen Elizabeth II returned to Worcester with the Duke of Edinburgh in 2001 as part of the 250 year celebrations of Worcester Pottery.

Despite the closure of the Worcester Pottery Factory the Royal Worcester name continues now under the Staffordshire pottery group Portmeirion . The connections between the royal family and the royal Worcester pottery industry have continued to this day, most notably at present, with the launch of the Royal Worcester Pottery Royal Wedding Collection produced to commemorate the Royal Wedding on April 29th 2011 of  Prince William and Kate Middleton.

 

 


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