comprising: circa 1790, pot de creme, depicting arms of Teissier, boar on a green mount, on gilt ground under black crescent, above two white stars centered with white crescent on iron red ground, the whole surmounted with boar crest, the base with motto "Sit ordo in omnibus", having cobalt and gilt borders, and double strap handle, 2-1/4 in.; circa 1750, tea bowl with arms of Sanders to two sides, three bulls' heads on black ground, impaling Breres, ermine ground with gilt falcon with spread wings on iron red ground, the whole surmounted with a bull crest, 2-7/8 in.; circa 1755 tea bowl depicting arms of Barton three iron red boars' heads impaling another, unknown, three armored legs, the whole surmounted with an iron red boar's head, gilt interior border, foliate sprays to body, 2-3/4 in.

Note: Teissier: "This is one of three services, all possibly  made for Lewis Teissier of Woodcote Park in Surrey.

The family of Teissier were originally of Languedoc in France and of Switzerland, and a de Teissier was Baron de Marquerittes. It would seem that this cadet branch came to England either because they were Protestants, or for reasons of trade, in the early 18th Century and arms were granted to a 'Mr. Teissier of Broad Street, London' in 1782 (Lewis Teissier was a merchant of Old Broad Street from 1763 to 1791). It is probable that the crescent was borne by the second son of the grantee (although it may represent a junior branch).

While it is recorded by Tudor-Craig that this service was made for Lewis Teissier of Woodcote Park, it is of interest that the service made for him at the time of his third marriage does not show a crescent for difference, nor does his very similar bookplate in the Franks Collection, and other members of this family were George Teissier, physician to His Majesty between 1727 and 1740, and a James Teissier who was of Old Broad Street from 1753, while a Stephen Teissier was an 'Italian merchant' from 1759 throughout the 1760s, nd Stephen and Charles Teissier both merchants at Austin Friars from 1781 to 1791."

Illustrated in: Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume II, David S. Howard, Heirloom & Howard, Ltd., Wiltshire, UK, 2003, p. 575.

Sanders Impaling Breres: "This could be the coat of Breres if the canton is azure and a falcon volant,  or Barton if the canton is gules and the bird either a marlet or an owl (it is certainly not drawn as either). The Breres family lived at Chorley in Lancashire.

The Sanders family originated from Sanderstead in Surrey, with branches at Lullington, Caldwell, and Little Ireton in Derbyshire and at Charlwood and Ewell in Surrey."

Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume I, David S. Howard, Faber & Faber, 31 May 1974, p. 422.

"These were the arms of Barton of Barton Hall in Lancashire, and of Barton of Grove in Co. Tipperary descended from Thomas Barton,  who went to Ireland with the Earl of Essex in the sixteenth century. The head of this cadet branch of the family in the middle of the eighteenth century was Thomas Barton, whose eldest son, William, married in August 1754 Grace, eldest daughter of the Revd. Charles Massey, Dean of Limerick; they had six sons.

There was a senior branch, descended from William's great-uncle Edward, of which John Barton was the eldest grandson, and the service may have been made for him."

Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume I, David S. Howard, Faber & Faber, 31 May 1974, p. 547.

Provenance: Heirloom & Howard, Ltd., UK, August 2003; Christopher M. Weld, Essex, Massachusetts

each with scratching, discoloration, spotting, anomalies (as made), wear to gilt and paint decoration, wear to foot rims, labels to base; pot de creme does not fluoresce, lacking lid; Barton tea bowl fluoresces under black light revealing hairline crack and fleabites with in-painting to rim; Sanders tea bowl fluoresces revealing hairline crack