A Chamberlain's Worcester armorial part dinner service, c.1840, painted with the crest of the Walter

A Chamberlain's Worcester armorial part dinner service, c.1840, painted with the crest of the Walter family with a stork dipping its beak into an upturned whelk shell, a gilt monogrammed W beneath, the wide rims with a pale blue ground, impressed marks. Comprising: two soup plates and ten plates. (12)

Provenance: the Clifford Henderson Collection. The service is believed to have been made for John Walter III (1818-1894), a Liberal politician and newspaper publisher, or his father (also John Walter), editor of The Times. It was probably made for Bearwood House at Sindlesham.