Chamberlains Worcester Dinner Plates

This is a beautiful pair of square dishes made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1810. The dishes have a nice lobed shape, and a stunning orange ground border with a richly gilded f...

This is a stunning dessert plate made by Chamberlains Worcester between 1815 and 1820. The plate has a light yellow ground with beautiful flower reserves, and a striking yellow and r...

This is an spectacular and very rare 27-piece dessert service made by Chamberlain's in Worcester around 1795. The service is decorated with the famous "Kylin" or "Dragons in Compartm...

This is a stunning dessert plate made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1820. The plate has a deep cobalt blue ground and a gorgeously hand painted clematis flower in the centre. ...

This is a stunning dessert plate made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1795. This is a plate of an original "Independence Service". The decoration is done in a "Japan" style with e...

This is a stunning dessert plate made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1795. This is a plate of an original "Independence Service". The decoration is done in a "Japan" style with e...

This is a stunning dessert service made by Chamberlains Worcester between 1816 and 1820. The service consists of two big lozenge shape dishes, two square dishes, two kidney shaped di...

This is a stunning part dessert service made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1815. The service consists of 12 deep plates and two large oval serving dishes. The items are decorated with a deep orange ground with "vermicelli" gilding and sublime paintings in the central reserves attributed to Humphrey Chamberlain...

This is a stunning dessert plate made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1822. The Chamberlain factory was founded in the 1780s by Robert Chamberlain, who was responsible for the...

This is a stunning dessert plate made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1822. The Chamberlain factory was founded in the 1780s by Robert Chamberlain, who was responsible for the d...

This is a stunning set of 8 dessert plates made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1815. The plates are decorated with a deep orange ground with "vermicelli" gilding and sublime paintings in the central reserves attributed to Humphrey Chamberlain...

This is a wonderful set of two dessert plates made by Chamberlain Worcester between 1794 and 1811. The Chamberlain factory was founded in the 1780s by Robert Chamberlain, who was responsible for the decoration department in the famous Worcester pottery during the Dr Wall period. He set up his own factory with his son Humphrey, initially buying up stock from Turner's Caughley factory for decoration, but then circa 1794 starting to produce their own porcelain. By the year 1800 they had built up a strong reputation, producing wonderful tea and dinner ware for the British and European nobility and becoming a mighty competitor of both the Worcester/Flight & Barr and Grainger factories. In the 1840s the factory merged back with Worcester, which later also bought Grainger and was formed into the later Royal Worcester. These two plates clearly are part of the same dessert service, but they were potted in different periods. One plate has the 12-lobed shape and quality of the Caughley factory, the other has the distinct shape and quality of early Chamberlain porcelain. The plates have a wonderful pale salmon colored rim with delicate gilding, and very finely hand painted sepia flowers...