ANTIQUE GRAINGER WORCESTER 9 5/8" PLATE BUTTERFIES & BIRDS HAND PAINTED SIGNED

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AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH GRAINGER WORCESTER 9 5/8" DIAMETER CABINET PLATE, BEAUTIFULLY HAND-PAINTED BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS AGAINST AN ORANGE GROUND, WITH GILT HIGHLIGHTS.
Thomas Grainger (1783–1839), an apprentice at Robert Chamberlain’s Worcester factory with his partner John Wood, established a rival porcelain company in rented property in Lowesmore, Worcester in 1801. Like Giles and Chamberlain before them, they started by decorating blank porcelain made by other companies. By 1804 they were advertising the decoration of porcelain in local newspapers and had opened a shop in Worcester Forgate Street by 1806.
Grainger & Wood started to manufacture their own porcelain by 1807 and soon gained a good reputation for both useful and ornamental wares. Rich patterns such as Japanese style Imari and fine tea wares posed serious competition for the Chamberlain and Barr, Flight & Barr factories in the city. Some exceptionally fine flower and landscape paintings were also produced, usually on straight-sided mugs or classical vases. Following a factory fire in 1809 a new factory was built at St Martin’s Gate.
In 1839, following the death of Thomas Grainger his son George took control of the company and encouraged the production of elaborate ornamental wares. Grainger embraced the Neo-Rococo style in the 1830’s and 1840’s, producing a wide range of decorative vases, tea and dessert wares. Characterised by extravagant shapes, bright rich colours and scrolled gilding, this revival style was fashionable with up-and-coming industrialists who could afford to spend money on their homes.
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