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Ceramic Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Royal Worcester Bowl Worcestershire PGL Charity Festival 2000
Date:- 2000
WMLMT Classification:- Plate/Dish/Bowl
Country of Origin:- England
Province/Region/District:- Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire - United Grand Lodge of England
Associated Unit (Lodge/Chapter Etc.):- Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire
Order:- Craft (Blue Masonry)
Description
"Replica of that presented to RW Asst Grand Master Lord Northampton at Charity Festival 2000
In 1751 Dr. John Wall, and a group of 14 local businessmen invested £4500 to establish a porcelain factory in Worcester known as The Worcester Tonquin Manufactory.
In 1752 they bought out Benjamin Lund’s Bristol porcelain factory, including the important soaprock licence that provided 20 tons p.a. of soaprock from Cornwall, essential for the production of porcelain
The early wares were soft-paste porcelain with bodies that contained soaprock, commonly called in most ceramic circles as soapstone. The chemical analyses of these wares closely correlates to those made in Bristol.
This places Worcester in a group of early English potteries including Caughley and factories in Liverpool.
In 1862, prominent Worcester lawyer, John Hyde (a member of Worcester Lodge No. 280), was instrumental in forming The Worcester Royal Porcelain Company Limited with Richard Binns and Edward Evans"
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