Royal Worcester Fine Bone China, Vine Harvest, 1978, Eng, Table Service For 8

Royal Worcester Fine Bone China in the Fluted Vine Harvest Pattern. All in excellent used conditions.

Pattern: VINE HARVEST by ROYAL WORCESTER Description: WARMSTRY SHAPE, GRAPES, GOLD TRIM. 8 dinner plates 10.5 in. 7 salad plates 8 in. 8 soup plates 8 in. 8 bread&butter plates 6 1/4 in.

8 cups Height: 2 1/2 in. 1 platter 15.5x11.5 in. 1 platter 13.5x10.5 in.

1 oval vegetable bowl 10 x 7.5x 2.5 in. 1 Gravy boat and underplate. 1 Round covered vegetable with lid.

1 Sugar bowl with lid. Worcester dinnerware traces its origins back to 1751, when it began producing porcelain in Worcester, England. What collectors know in modern times as Royal Worcester bone china dates from 1862, when the company became the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company.

Thus the dating of Royal Worcester products begins in 1862. In 1976, the company merged with Spode, but still produced porcelain products. In 2009, the Worcester factory closed.

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