Royal Worcester fruit painters

Royal Worcester fruit painters
Pershore plums by Octar Copson in 1880

The Royal Worcester fruit painters were a group of painters who specialised in depicting fruit on porcelain tableware. The tradition originated with the painter Octar H. Copson, who in 1880 painted a plaque commissioned by a local farmer to commemorate the introduction of the Pershore plum.

Royal Worcester fruit pieces are highly sought after and have fetched prices of more than $10,000 at auctions.[citation needed]

List of Worcester fruit painters

  • Harry Austin
  • Walter Austin
  • Harry Austin
  • Harry Ayrton
  • William Bagnall
  • Charles Baldwyn (1875–1914)
  • William Bee
  • Kitty Blake
  • Henry Chair (1872–1911)
  • Octar Copson (1872–1880) (possibly returned in the late 1880s)
  • Harry Davis
  • John Freeman
  • William Hawkins (1874–1928)
  • George Johnson (1875–1914)
  • Thomas Lockyer
  • Horace Price
  • William Ricketts
  • Frank Roberts (1872–1920)
  • Edwin Salter (1876–1902)
  • Richard Sebright
  • Albert Shuck
  • Harry Stinton
  • James Stinton
  • John Stinton
  • Francis Edward Townsend
  • Charlie Twilton

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