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Blind Earl

18th Century Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish
18th Century Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish

18th Century Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish

By James Giles, 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

In any case, the pattern became known as ‘Blind Earl’ and was produced into the 19th and 20th centuries.

Category

Antique 1770s English Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Worcester Porcelain Sweetmeat Dish Queens Pattern Blind Earl c1775
Worcester Porcelain Sweetmeat Dish Queens Pattern Blind Earl c1775

Worcester Porcelain Sweetmeat Dish Queens Pattern Blind Earl c1775

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

Heading : Worcester porcelain Queen's pattern Blind Earl Date : c1775 Period : George III Marks :Pseudo fret square Origin : Worcester, England Colour : Polychrome Pattern : Queen's...

Category

Antique 1770s British George III Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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Rare 1976 Kenneth Jay Lane Royal Worchester Blind Earl Necklace
Rare 1976 Kenneth Jay Lane Royal Worchester Blind Earl Necklace

Rare 1976 Kenneth Jay Lane Royal Worchester Blind Earl Necklace

By Kenneth Jay Lane

Located in Chicago, IL

The bone china pattern used for this necklace is called, 'Blind Earl', it was developed in the 18th century for the Blind Earl of Coventry.

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Vintage 1970s English Choker Necklaces

Set of Four circa 1875 Blue Minton Plates after Royal Worcester's "Blind Earl"
Set of Four circa 1875 Blue Minton Plates after Royal Worcester's "Blind Earl"

Set of Four circa 1875 Blue Minton Plates after Royal Worcester's "Blind Earl"

By Minton

Located in Atlanta, GA

Set of Four 19th century circa 1875 turquoise blue Minton porcelain plates with rose bud and leaf motif after Royal Worcester's "Blind Earl" Design, marked with year cypher.

Category

Antique 19th Century Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

A Worcester Porcelain "Blind Earl" Dish
A Worcester Porcelain "Blind Earl" Dish

A Worcester Porcelain "Blind Earl" Dish

By Royal Worcester

Located in Katonah, NY

Blind Earl porcelain was named after the Earl of Coventry who lost his sight in a riding accident.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Worcester First Period Porcelain "Blind Earl" Dish
Antique Worcester First Period Porcelain "Blind Earl" Dish

Antique Worcester First Period Porcelain "Blind Earl" Dish

By Royal Worcester

Located in Katonah, NY

This small dish is a lovely example of Worcester "Blind Earl" porcelain.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Rococo Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Worcester Porcelain Blind Earl Pattern Dish Made, circa 1785
Antique Worcester Porcelain Blind Earl Pattern Dish Made, circa 1785

Antique Worcester Porcelain Blind Earl Pattern Dish Made, circa 1785

By Royal Worcester

Located in Katonah, NY

Why we love it: The raised rosebuds, the pink and green! This is a beautiful "Blind Earl" pattern dish hand-painted with pink roses, green leaves, and rosebuds raised in relief.

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Antique Late 18th Century English Romantic Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Blind Earl Pattern Dish Made by Royal Worcester Porcelain in England Circa 1870
Blind Earl Pattern Dish Made by Royal Worcester Porcelain in England Circa 1870

Blind Earl Pattern Dish Made by Royal Worcester Porcelain in England Circa 1870

By Royal Worcester

Located in Katonah, NY

Dimensions: 7.75" in diameter Condition: Excellent Price: $1780. Background of The Blind Earl Pattern Blind Earl porcelain is named after George William Coventry, fifth Earl of ...

Category

Antique 1870s English Regency Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Worcester First Period Blind Earl Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1775
Worcester First Period Blind Earl Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1775

Worcester First Period Blind Earl Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1775

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

Worcester First Period Blind Earl Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1775 Additional information: Period : George III Marks : none Origin : Worcester, England Colour : Polychrome decoration ...

Category

Antique 18th Century English George III Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

First Period Worcester Porcelain Queen's Pattern Blind Earl Sweetmeat Dish
First Period Worcester Porcelain Queen's Pattern Blind Earl Sweetmeat Dish

First Period Worcester Porcelain Queen's Pattern Blind Earl Sweetmeat Dish

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Downingtown, PA

First period Worcester porcelain queen's pattern blind earl sweetmeat dish, Circa 1768-70. The leaf moulded first period Worcester circular porcelain dish has been painted with ...

Category

Antique 1770s English Georgian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Worcester Blind Earl First Period Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1770
Worcester Blind Earl First Period Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1770

Worcester Blind Earl First Period Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1770

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

Worcester Blind Earl First Period Moulded Sweetmeat Dish, c1770 Additional information: Date : c1775 Period : George III Marks : none Origin : Worcester, England Colour : Puce (en c...

Category

Antique 18th Century English George III Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Worcester Porcelain Blind Earl Dish, 18th Century
Worcester Porcelain Blind Earl Dish, 18th Century

Worcester Porcelain Blind Earl Dish, 18th Century

By Royal Worcester

Located in Katonah, NY

A Worcester Porcelain Blind Earl dish made in the late 18th century. The Blind Earl pattern has raised rosebuds growing from a raised branch.

Category

Antique 1790s English Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

First Period Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish, circa 1770
First Period Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish, circa 1770

First Period Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish, circa 1770

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Downingtown, PA

First period Worcester blind earl porcelain dish, circa 1770 The blind earl pattern molded dish with rosebuds and molded leaves picked out in colored enamels and painted with sma...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

First Period Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish, circa 1770
First Period Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish, circa 1770

First Period Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish, circa 1770

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Downingtown, PA

First period Worcester Blind Earl porcelain dish, circa 1770 The Blind Earl pattern molded dish with rosebuds and molded leaves picked out in colored enamels and painted with a p...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

First Period Worcester Pair of Blind Earl Porcelain Dishes, circa 1770
First Period Worcester Pair of Blind Earl Porcelain Dishes, circa 1770

First Period Worcester Pair of Blind Earl Porcelain Dishes, circa 1770

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Downingtown, PA

First Period Worcester pair of blind earl porcelain dishes, circa 1770 The Blind Earl pattern molded dishes with rosebuds and molded leaves picked out in colored enamels and pain...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

First Period Worcester Pair of Blind Earl Porcelain Dishes, circa 1770
First Period Worcester Pair of Blind Earl Porcelain Dishes, circa 1770

First Period Worcester Pair of Blind Earl Porcelain Dishes, circa 1770

By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall

Located in Downingtown, PA

First Period Worcester pair of blind Earl Porcelain dishes, circa 1770 The Blind Earl pattern molded dishes with rosebuds and molded leaves picked out in colored enamels and pain...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Worcester Blind Earl Dish
Worcester Blind Earl Dish

Worcester Blind Earl Dish

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H 1 in Dm 7.63 in

Worcester Blind Earl Dish

Located in St. Louis, MO

First period Worcester Blind Earl pattern dish, the embossed stems, leaves and buds painted in naturalistic shades; the scalloped edge with gilt decoration.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Serving Bowls

First Period Worcester Blind Earl Sweetmeat Dish
First Period Worcester Blind Earl Sweetmeat Dish

First Period Worcester Blind Earl Sweetmeat Dish

Located in Sittingbourne, Kent

THe Blind Earl pattern (IE48 in BFS Worcester blue and white porcelain).

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Chamberlain & Co. Dessert Service, Blind Earl
Rare Chamberlain & Co. Dessert Service, Blind Earl

Rare Chamberlain & Co. Dessert Service, Blind Earl

By Chamberlain & Co

Located in London, GB

Although this is a fabulous story, historians tend to disagree as the first blind earl china was produced by the Worcester Porcelain Company in the 1750s while George William’s accid...

Category

Antique 1840s English George I Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Assorted Lot of Nine Pieces of Royal Worcester Bone China the Blind Earl
Assorted Lot of Nine Pieces of Royal Worcester Bone China the Blind Earl

Assorted Lot of Nine Pieces of Royal Worcester Bone China the Blind Earl

By Royal Worcester

Located in Atlanta, GA

Beautiful lot of Royal Worcester Bone China in the raised pattern of the Blind Earl. Original design, circa 1770.

Category

Mid-20th Century British Regency Porcelain

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Blind Earl For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal blind earl for your home. Frequently made of ceramic and porcelain, every blind earl was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer blind earl, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. A blind earl, designed in the Georgian or Rococo style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made blind earl over the years, but those crafted by Royal Worcester, Chamberlain & Co and Minton are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Blind Earl?

Prices for a blind earl start at $1,250 and top out at $6,000 with the average selling for $2,475.

Finding the Right Porcelain for You

Today you’re likely to bring out your antique and vintage porcelain in order to dress up your dining table for a special meal.

Porcelain, a durable and nonporous kind of pottery made from clay and stone, was first made in China and spread across the world owing to the trade routes to the Far East established by Dutch and Portuguese merchants. Given its origin, English speakers called porcelain “fine china,” an expression you still might hear today. "Fine" indeed — for over a thousand years, it has been a highly sought-after material.

Meissen Porcelain, one of the first factories to create real porcelain outside Asia, popularized figurine centerpieces during the 18th century in Germany, while works by Capodimonte, a porcelain factory in Italy, are synonymous with flowers and notoriously hard to come by. Modern porcelain houses such as Maison Fragile of Limoges, France — long a hub of private porcelain manufacturing — keep the city’s long tradition alive while collaborating with venturesome contemporary artists such as illustrator Jean-Michel Tixier.

Porcelain is not totally clumsy-guest-proof, but it is surprisingly durable and easy to clean. Its low permeability and hardness have rendered porcelain wares a staple in kitchens and dining rooms as well as a common material for bathroom sinks and dental veneers. While it is tempting to store your porcelain behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve it only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals.

Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is stronger than ceramic because it is denser. 

On 1stDibs, browse an expansive collection of antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles, including Regency, Scandinavian modern and other examples produced during the mid-century era, plus Rococo, which found its inspiration in nature and saw potters crafting animal figurines and integrating organic motifs such as floral patterns in their work.