This company came into being on the dissolution of partnership of the Kerr & Binns partnership when W.H. Kerr retired. This company (or it products) which has existed for well over a hundred years, is internationally known as "Royal Worchester."

The articles of Association for the new firm are dated June 24, 1862. The main personalities were Richard William Binns, acting as what we would now call the Art Director, and Edward Phillips, a Staffordshire earthenware manufacturer, in charge of production .

William Litherland, a Liverpool retailer, was also a shareholder in the new concern.

The Royal Worchester mark basically comprises the Kerr& Binns circular device, inside which are four cursive "W"s, with a crown added at the top. These marks can occur impressed or printed over the glaze. On some pieces - presumably Kerr & Binns' blanks decorated soon after the new company took over in 1862- only the printed crown is visible, added over circular device. On some small pieces there was only sufficient room for the printed crown device.

A major amendment was made to the main device in 1891, when the wording " Royal Worchester, England" was added around the printed device: this continued into the present century, with various additions.

A new system of factory year-making was commenced in 1892, when a dot over the 'd' of 'England', and each year a further dot was added to the marks until in 1915 there was a total of twenty-four dots.

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