c. 1712
Barber's Basin
Artist/maker unknownThis basin holds the coat of arms of the Walker family. It is uncertain for whom this object was made, but one possibility is Dr. William Walker, a doctor of laws and a judge advocate from Hertfordshire. The Walker crest (a sun in splendor on a wreath, seen in the border decoration of the basin) appears mistakenly on another dinner service that bears the Somers coat of arms. Chinese painters probably used a piece with the Walker arms as a model for the Somers service and, being unfamiliar with the significance of the crest, included it in the decoration in error.
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