comprising: circa 1724, teapot with arms of Frederick, depicted with two thirds gilt ground, top one third cobalt, having three white doves, centered with an iron red hand (the badge of a baronet), the whole surmounted with a helmet above which a dove holding in the beak a sprig, the opposite sides with a pagoda bearing two waving flags, above rolling seas with two fish, foliate, scroll, fungus, and shell decoration throughout, gilt acorn finial, 5-1/8 in.; circa 1712, teapot with Walker arms, three white crescents on a central black chevron between three pellets, surrounded by gilt, iron red and cobalt leaves, the teapot decorated further in the Imari taste, 4-7/8 in.

Note: Frederick: "Sir John Frederick, who was created a baronet in June 1723, was born in March 1678. He was the son of Thomas Frederick and Leonora, the heiress of Charles Marescoe and grandson of Sir John Frederick, the opulent London merchant, who rebuilt the Hall at Christ's Hospital after the Great Fire at a cost of 5,000 GBP. With a number of others he was a promoter of the South Sea Company. He married in July 1727 Barbara Kinnersley, by whom he had two sons, the elder of whom succeeded him at his death in 1755. The title is at present held by the descendants of his brother, Sir Thomas Frederick, Governor of Fort St. David in the East Indies."

Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume I, David S. Howard, Faber & Faber, 31 May 1974, p. 202.

Walker: "These are the arms of Walker, originally of Lancashire, and the service has always been ascribed to 'Dr. Walker'. In 1633 Segar testified to these arms as those borne by William Walker 'descended out of Lancashire', and it was probably his grandson who was Dr. William Walker of Bushey, Hertfordshire, Doctor of Laws and Judge Advocate.

The service is also ascribed to Dr. John Walker, D.D., son of Thomas Walker of Huddersfield, born in 1693 and educated at Wakefield Grammar School and Trinity College Cambridge which he entered in 1710. He went to Paris in 1719 and traveled on the continent. He was Archdeacon of Bocking is Essex from 1725 to 1741, where there is a monument to him high on the chancel wall. Dr. Walker, who was a chaplain to George II, married in 1727 Charlotte Sheffield, daughter of John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave.

Whether Dr. John Walker was related to Dr. William Walker is not known, but it seems more probable that Dr. William would have ordered a service from China at that date."

Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume I, David S. Howard, Faber & Faber, 31 May 1974, p. 177.

Provenance: Arms of Frederick teapot, Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection; Christie's New York, 23 January 2008, Lot 389, sold for $1,500; Walker teapot Flather Collection, Washington, D.C.; Heirloom & Howard, Ltd., UK; Christopher M. Weld, Essex, Massachusetts

Frederick teapot scratching, wear to paint and gilt decoration, anomalies (as made), accretion, discoloration, blacklight fluoresces with restorations all over lid, to two cracks on handle, one near middle, other near base, and to tip of spout, labels to base; Walker scratching, discoloration, anomalies (as made), blacklight fluoresces indicating restorations to majority of handle, allover lid, 1/3 of body surrounding handle, parts of base