SALE PRICES.
POSSET-POTS.
Prices vary considerably, according to the character of the example.
Charles II examples being from 100s. to 300s. per oz. Four examples have sold for as much as £400.
PORRINGERS.
Unique and early examples are just as expensive as posset-pots.
Charles II specimens have realized from £300 to £600.
Exceptional pieces have brought sensational prices. A Charles II example of 1661, maker I. W., sold in 1909 for £1,015 at 270s. per oz. In the same year a smaller one, made by George Gibson in 1680, sold for 330s. per oz., realizing £75.
The differences in prices discernible from Charles II to late Georgian are roughly: William III, £5 to £12 per oz.; Queen Anne, £3 to £6 per oz.; George I and II, 50s. per oz.
The faker has been active with so-called “Queen Anne” porringers, with special fluting and marked with the Britannia or higher standard mark. Collectors who have been taken in by these can have them assayed at the London Assay Office or elsewhere, and if the mark is forged there is a legal remedy.
[VII]
THE
CANDLESTICK
CHARLES I CANDLESTICK. 1637.
(Marks illustrated [p. 361].)
(By courtesy of Messrs. Crichton Brothers.)
LAMBETH DELFT CANDLESTICK.
With coat of arms, and dated 1648.