Museum of Royal Worcester

A display in the first gallery shows an 18th-century furnished room with a long case clock and table laid for dessert.

In contrast, the Victorian gallery has deep colours, extravagant exhibition pieces, and works of great craftsmanship.

Here it can be seen how travel influenced design and how with the onslaught of the Industrial Revolution more people could afford to buy fine works.

The museum tour ends in the 20th century, where as well as producing bespoke services, commissioned by some of the factory's private customers, changing lifestyles and the advent of modern appliances like freezers and microwave ovens required a new range of products.

[citation needed] This together with the facts trail combines to set the historical backdrop and present the technical achievements, the workers who made and decorated the porcelain, and the customers who bought it.