Royal Worcester EVESHAM Gold Pattern Round Covered Casserole Vegetable Dish 6.25

This Royal Worcester Evesham lidded casserole dish is marked Shape 23, Size 6. The back stamp dates it to post-1990. It features wheat/hops on one side, and asparagus on the other. The lid has lithographs of blackberries, apples, plum and cocktail olives. There is a gold knob handle on top, and two gold handles on the sides. Measures 6-1/4" across, not including handles, and approximately 4" tall. In very good used condition, with no chips or cracks. There is a small scratch on the top handle, shown on the right side of the closeup photo of the lid. One leaf on the lid has some slight imperfections, from the production process. Royal Worcester’s Evesham Pattern was introduced in 1961 as the beginning of a new trend for more informal dining that was to bring the humble casserole dish from the kitchen to the dining table. Evesham, named after the local fruit-growing region near Worcester, was Royal Worcester’s best-selling brand of the late 20th century. The original painted fruit sprays were painted by Professor Baker, Ronald van Ruyckevelt, Peter Ewence and other members of the team in the Royal Worcester Design Department. Apples, pears, cherries, damsons and blackberries were just a few of the colourful fruit sprays developed. These original designs were then faithfully reproduced using an eighteenth century technique in which lithographic stones were painstakingly engraved to reveal an impression of the original artwork for transfer to the porcelain.