salad-dessert plates, 9 bread and butter plates, a pair of octagonal covered sauce tureens and undertrays, 4 oval covered entree dishes, an oval bombe two handle covered tureen and undertray, a pair of oval platters, a set of four oval platters, a nest of two oval platters, and an oval deep platter with strainer. Each with polychrome floral sprays on a white ground within an iron glazed rim. Some with minor rim chips and cracks, one sauce tureen repaired. 89 pieces. D, of dinner plates: 9-7/8 in (25.1 cm); D, of rimmed soups: 9-7/8 in (25.1 cm); D, of salad-desserts: 7-3/4 in (19.8 cm); D, of bread and butter plates: 6-1/4 in (15.9 cm); L, of sauce tureens: 6-1/2 in (16.5 cm); L, of entree dishes: 11-1/8 in (28.2 cm); L, of soup tureen: 13-3/4 in (34.9 cm); D, of pair of oval platters: 13 in (33 cm); D, of four oval platters: 14-1/4 in (36.2 cm); D, of nest of two oval platters from: 20 in (50.8 cm) to 18-1/2 in (47 cm); D, of deep platter: 15-3/4 in (40 cm) Note: The pattern of this service was possibly taken from Chamberlain's Worcester `Japan' pattern number 880 of Chamberlain's pattern list and transcribed by "Geoffrey A. Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain" 1788-1852, page 329. William Wheelwright (1798-1873), was a ship's captain out of Newberryport, Massachusetts. He began his career at sea in 1817 at the age of 19. Provenance: Descended through the family to the present owner. See Illustration.