1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

First Period Worcester Porcelain Pine Cone Pattern Dishes, A Pair, Circa 1770 These rectangular dishes are a quintessential example of First Period Worcester porcelain, dating from ...

First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Tiered Sweetmeat Stand with Sea Shells, Circa 1768-70 This exceptional and rare First Period Worcester por...

In its First Period, beginning circa 1752, Worcester Porcelain created the perfect teapot!  They were the first teapots that could take boiling water from the fire without cracking f...

This First Period Dr. Wall Worcester “Sir Joshua Reynolds” pattern coffee cup and saucer were hand painted at Worcester circa 1770. This coffee cup and saucer are painted in the gorg...

This early First Period Worcester Porcelain trio set was made in England circa 1755. It is hand-painted in the beautiful Worcester ”Fan Pattern.” The pattern is also known as “The Ol...

This is a First Period Worcester teacup and saucer painted in the fabulous Jabberwocky pattern. It is painted in the Kakiemon style. The cup and saucer both have striking turquoise rococo borders with gilt and iron red diapered panels. Both have a fluted form. The fluting adds visual interest as light plays across the curved surfaces. The cup has a scrolled handle (see images). The pattern depicts a long-tailed dragon-type bird flying by an over-glaze blue enamel branch, surrounded by rich foliage, all within the turquoise border and gilt-lined rims. The overall effect is fabulous! For an example with images of the First Period Worcester Jabberwocky...

This First Period Worcester Porcelain trio set consists of a teacup, coffee cup, and saucer finely hand painted in the “Spotted Fruit” pattern circa 1770. Painted by James Giles, the decoration features fruit and several flying insects within a gilt-edged cartouche framed by an apple-green ground. The spotted fruit is quince. It is bunched together with red cherries, blackcurrants, plums, and green leaves. Both the teacup and coffee cup show three insects flying near the fruit (see images). The decoration has the same quatrefoil shape and apple-green ground as the “Marchioness of Huntley” Worcester pattern. Dimensions: Saucer diameter 5.15″, Teacup 1.75″ tall x 3.25″ diameter, coffee cup 2.75″ tall 2.25″ diameter Condition: Excellent, with two insignificant spots under the original glaze on the top edge of the teacup (see images). Marks: Underglaze Worcester mock Meissen blue mark, with “6” above a set of crossed swords. This mark was in use at Worcester from 1760 to 1770. Price: $780 The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, Volume 1, 1751-1851, attributes this pattern to the distinctive style of Worcester fruit...

This First Period Worcester Cup and Saucer is decorated in a delicate floral pattern. Green leaves and flowers are hand-painted in orange, purple, and underglaze blue, which is outli...

This lovely pair of blue and white First Period Worcester porcelain saucers is decorated in the elegant Dark Sprig Centre pattern. First Period Worcester is also known as Dr. Wall Wo...

First Period Worcester Porcelain Phoenix Pattern Sauce Tureens, Covers & Stands, Circa 1770 The First Period Worcester Porcelain Japan pattern colored pair of sauce tureens, covers stands are painted in Kakiemon-style colors with two phoenix type birds, one flying above with wings outstretched amongst prunus and chrysanthemum sprays with a wheatsheaf motif in the foreground. The border with a rim of alternating designs, one in gold and one in rouge de fer red. The rim of the underdishes and the covers with a pie-crust edge. The handles in the form of twigs with flower terminals and green leaves. Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/4 inches wide x 6 1/2 inches deep x 5 1/4 inches high; Tureens: 4 3/4 inches high x 7 inches wide; (Overall: 20.96cm wide x 16.51cm deep x 13.34cm) Condition: the condition is good with expected very minor losses to the edge of some flowers. Reference: Worcester Porcelain: 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, Simon Spero and John Sandon,Page 249, No. 298 for a discussion of the Phoenix pattern. The authors write that The Phoenix pattern is one of the most intricate of Worcester's oriental designs and would have been very costly to produce. It generally occurs only on the best thin porcelain and is always carefully and exactly painted...The design has adapted a number of Japanese motifs to create a Rich Kakiemon pattern so typical of Worcester. Meissen elements...

First Period Worcester Porcelain Holly Berry Pattern Teacup and Saucer, Hop Trellis Pattern, Circa 1775. The First Period Worcester porcelain teacup and saucer has a reeded French shape and is richly decorated with the Holly Berry pattern- a variation of the Hop Trellis pattern. Panels of purple plants alternate with berried foliage between borders of lilac diaper and gold herringbone and a lower border of white pearls on a bright turquoise ground. There are gilt dentil rims and the inside of the cup has flowers and berried sprigs below a gold band. Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/8 inches high x 5 1/4 inches wide; Saucer: 5 1/4 inch diameter x 1 inch high; Cup: 1 7/8 inches high x 4 inches wide x 3 3/8 inches deep. (overall 6.033 cm high x 13.34 cm wide) Mark: Cup with a gold crescent. Sometimes known as the Holly Berry pattern, this striking design is a member of the Hop Trellis family of Worcester patterns inspired by Sèvres. A similar teacup and saucer was in the Peter Merry...

First Period Worcester Porcelain Holly Berry Pattern Sugar Pot and Cover, Hop Trellis Pattern, Circa 1775. The First Period Worcester porcelain sugar pot and cover has a reeded French shape and is richly decorated with the Holly Berry pattern- a variation of the Hop Trellis pattern. Panels of purple plants alternate with berried foliage between borders of lilac diaper and gold herringbone and a lower border of white pearls on a bright turquoise ground. There is a gilt dentil rim and the finial is in the form of gilded flower head with two leaf terminals. Dimensions: 4 3/4 inches high x 4 3/4 inches diameter; (12.07cm high x 12.07cm diameter) Mark: Painted gold crescent on base. Sometimes known as the Holly Berry pattern, this striking design is a member of the Hop Trellis family of Worcester patterns inspired by Sèvres. A teacup and saucer was in the Peter Merry...