c. 1950–1983
Royal Worcester
A single large W replaces the crown and 51 emblem; the coddler-specific PORCELAIN wording sits below the circle.
Identification guide
Royal Worcester date marks
In Royal Worcester date marks, later symbol groups use different keys. A model number or painter signature is separate from the year device.
Dots and the later star
In the early dot sequence, 1891 has no dots, 1892 has one and each following year adds a dot. In 1916 a star or asterisk begins a revised sequence, with dots added in following years. Later symbol groups use different keys.
Selected year devices
| Device | Year |
|---|---|
| No dots, early England mark | 1891 |
| 1 dot | 1892 |
| 2 dots | 1893 |
| 24 dots | 1915 |
| Star | 1916 |
| Star and 1 dot | 1917 |
What to check next
Count small dots in good light and distinguish a smudged dot from a star. ENGLAND and MADE IN ENGLAND wording help identify the mark series. A model number or painter signature is separate from the year device.
Related marks
144 marks
c. 1813–1840
Flight, Barr & Barr, Worcester
Circular red mark with the royal arms at the top and Prince of Wales feathers below; distinguish the compact stacked crown mark.
c. 1905–1920
Booths Ltd
Used circa 1905–1920 on opaque earthenware reproductions of eighteenth-century blue-and-white Worcester porcelain.
1912
Worcester
The 21 dots date the example's manufacture to 1912; 51 refers to the factory's 1751 foundation.
Undated
Palissy Pottery Ltd
Royal Worcester bought Palissy in 1958; this is an ownership event rather than a stated mark-use range.
Undated
Name tags similar to Meissen’s:
The source groups seven marks as similar to Meissen marks and lists Limbach, Plaue on Havel, Bohemian porcelain, Grafenroda, Potzschappel and Worcester. The shared caption does not unambiguously identify this individual image.
1888
Royal Worcester
The letter Z and absence of ENGLAND separate this example from the post 1891 wording and dot-code seals.
From 1931
Royal Worcester
FIREPROOF oval has no crown/51 emblem and differs from the later FLAMEPROOF script-W stamp.
Undated
Royal Worcester
Added BONE CHINA and full MADE IN ENGLAND surround the traditional crown device.
Undated
Royal Worcester
FLAMEPROOF PORCELAIN, DISHWASHER PROOF and Evesham wording distinguish it from the plain FIREPROOF oval.
c. 1813–1840
Flight, Barr & Barr, Worcester
Crown directly above the FBB initials. Read the letter order rather than relying on the auction’s Barr, Flight & Barr title.
c. 1813–1840
Flight, Barr & Barr, Worcester
Handwritten full factory and London address arranged around a firing/drain hole; the landscape title is a separate inscription.
c. 1813–1840
Flight, Barr & Barr, Worcester
Small crown above straight stacked lines, without the circular royal-patronage border.
Undated
Flight, Barr & Barr, Worcester
Short flowing full-name signature without the factory and London address lines; image is an engraved facsimile, not a new object photograph.
