Queen Anne coffee-pots realize from 50s. to 60s. per oz.
George I coffee-pots about £1 per oz., and George II from 10s. to 13s. per oz.
George III coffee-pots bring from 7s. to 10s. per oz. and George IV and William IV about 5s. or 6s. per oz.
[Illustration: PAIR OF GEORGE II TEA-CADDIES AND SUGAR-BOX. LONDON, 1760.
(_By courtesy of Messrs. Elkington & Co._)]
All teapots before George I are rare, and bring large prices.
Queen Anne teapots bring £5 to £10 per oz., and specimens sell for £50 to £80.
On the other hand George II teapots are sold from 15s. to 40s. per oz.; George II and George IV examples sell for 10s. to 15s. per oz.
Queen Anne, with stand and lamp (1709), by N. Locke, sold in 1909 for 200s. per oz., £243.
George I, with stand and spirit-lamp (1715), 130s. per oz., £158.
George II, with stand and spirit-lamp (1738), 38s. per oz., £103.
Queen Anne, octagonal (1710), 75s. per oz., £27.
Caddies (2) by Paul de Lamerie (1747), 160s. per oz., £243.
George III, oblong (1760), 30s. per oz., £12.
THE CASTER THE CENTRE-PIECE THE SUGAR-BOWL THE CREAM-PAIL THE CAKE-BASKET
(_By courtesy of Messrs. Elkington & Co._)]
THE CASTER, THE CENTRE-PIECE, THE SUGAR-BOWL, THE CREAM-PAIL, AND THE CAKE-BASKET
The Queen Anne and Early Georgian Caster--Its evolution in form--The eighteenth-century Centre-piece--The Sugar-bowl--Classic influence--Late eighteenth-century silver bowls with glass liners--The Cream-pail--The Cake-basket--Pierced and interlaced work--The eighteenth-century potter.
The classes referred to in this chapter embrace the most delightful of the eighteenth-century silver plate, and appeal intimately to the decorative instincts of the collector. The pieces range from the utilitarian caster capable of varied ornament, to the elaborate table centre, an object of exquisite grace and capable of rising to perfection in the hands of an accomplished craftsman. Pierced work of great delicacy was a feature of the eighteenth-century decoration. As with furniture, the silver in the middle of the century began to grow complex in its character, in keeping with the growth of luxury. The century which began with the sober furniture and homely interiors of Queen Anne, closed with the magnificence of Chippendale and the subtleties of Sheraton.