The Museum of Royal Worcester houses the world’s largest and most significant collection of Worcester porcelain and its associated archives. Philippa Tinsley, Consultant Curator, Museum of Royal Worcester, tells us more about several special, recently acquired items that illustrate the design process at Royal Worcester.
The collections extend far beyond the porcelain currently on show and include pattern books, employment records, film, photographs and an emotive collection of audio recordings of factory workers memories before the factory closure. The museum was recently successful in receiving a grant of more than £1 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to undertake the project Celebrating 250 Years of Innovation, Industry and Craftsmanship.
This project will redisplay the world famous porcelain and aims to bring Worcester Porcelain alive by focusing on stories drawn from more than two centuries of history and factory community. Cases exhibiting porcelain and its designs will illustrate the skills, techniques and ambition of this remarkable factory. New hands-on interactives will include recordings with workers describing both camaraderie and rivalries, and will show just how many pairs of talented hands each piece took to create.
This story is from the Autumn 2017 edition of WR magazine Worcestershire.
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