Heading :  Worcester Porcelain Queen Charlotte Pattern Trio Flight and Barr
Date : 1792-1804
Period : George III
Marks : impressed B on the base of all three pieces
Origin : Worcester , England
Colour : Imari palette
Pattern :  Queen Charlotte
Features: The tea cup has a ring handle, and the coffee can a single-kink loop
Condition : Excellent. Minor losses to the gilding on the rim of the coffee cup only
Restoration None
Dimensions : saucer 14.3 cm diameter; the tea cucp 8.2 and the coffee 7.3 cm
Weight : 311 grams

Notes : The pattern takes inspiration from Japanese Imari wares and it was a widely copied style both in Europe and China. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz met the soon to be George III at the marriage altar and became Queen just two weeks later. We know that the Royal couple visited the Worcester factory in 1788 and made purchases, but its is most likely that the manufactory simply took the opportunity to use the name Queen Charlotte as a marketing ploy. Had the Queen herself inspired a design then surely it would be reasonable to expect something teutonic design rather than oriental, and almost certainly something containing floral motifs, as she is know to have been a very keen botanist. Queen Charlotte is also more memorable a name than simply "fence pattern" or "fruit and moths", and thus the marketing ploy is still demonstrably doing its job some 250 years or so later.

Reference. The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (Sandon 1999) p103