SALE PRICES
CREAM JUGS
The prices of these vary according to the style of ornament, chasing, and general character.
Queen Anne plain examples have brought as much as 125s. per oz., realizing £25. Early eighteenth-century specimens bring as a rule from 60s. to 100s. per oz. Later eighteenth-century drop considerably in value, from 40s. to 60s. per oz. A George IV cream-jug, made by Paul Storr in 1820, sold for 36s. per oz. and realized £17.
LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CREAM-JUGS.
GEORGE III. 1790.
GEORGE III. 1800.
The beginning of classic type. Foot frequently following classic vase form. The reversion to the potter’s style with flat bottom.
LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CREAM-JUGS.
GEORGE III. 1804.
GEORGE III. 1809.
The evolution towards the fuller body. The reappearance of foot as a narrow rim at base. The handle assuming its former circular shape.
(By courtesy of Messrs. Elkington & Co.)
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SCOTTISH
SILVER
SCOTTISH QUAICH. EDINBURGH, 1705.
Maker, Robert Inglis.
(Marks illustrated [p. 405].)
(In possession of Messrs. Garrard & Co.)
MUG. EDINBURGH, 1790.
(Chasing added later.)
Assay Master, Archibald Ure. Maker, Joseph Kerr.
Marked A U, I K, and date letter K.
(At Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.)