Royal Worcester Royal Worcester Royal Worcester was established in 1751 and is believed to be the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain brand still in existence today (this is disputed by Royal Crown Derby, which claims 1750 as its year of establishment). Part of the Portmeirion Group since 2009, Royal Worcester remains in the luxury tableware and giftware market, although production in Worcester itself has ended. Technically, the Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. Ltd. (known as Royal Worcester) was formed in 1862, and although the company had a royal warrant from 1788, wares produced before that time, as well as those produced
The Village (The Prisoner) the unnamed Butler who serves Number 2; his number (if he has one) is never revealed. Similarly, only one character - a woman in "The Schizoid Man" who befriends Number 6 - is consistently identified by a proper name, and never by her number. Many items in the Village are branded with its logo, a canopied penny-farthing bicycle (commonly referred to as an "Ordinary"). It appears on the masthead of the daily newspaper called the "Tally Ho". Almost all signs and objects are labelled in the same typeface, a modified version of the font Albertus. Scenes of the Village were