SALE PRICES
Prices are always problematical. Specimens vary according to state, and other factors determining the price per ounce at which they are sold. Some of the following prices obtained at auction may be of interest to readers:—
STANDING CUPS.
These are among the most sumptuous pieces of English silver. Prices always range high.
| £ | ||
| Tudor cup, | 6 oz. 15 dwt. (1525) | 880 |
| ” | on foot, 14 oz. 3 dwts. (1521) | 4,130 |
| ” | and cover (James I) (1640), 66 oz. | 4,000 |
| Standing cup, | Charles I, 470s. per oz. | 82 |
| ” | Charles II, 1 oz. 13 dwts., 520s. per oz. | 42 |
| Loving-cup, | Charles II (1678), 170s. per oz. | 69 |
| ” | William and Mary (1688), 165s. per oz. | 88 |
| ” | Queen Anne (1703), 120s. per oz. | 140 |
TANKARDS.
| £ | |
| James I tankard (1504) | 1,720 |
| Elizabethan tankard and cover (1599), 21 oz. 15 dwt. (a record price) | 2,300 |
| Elizabethan (Huth sale) (1573) | 1,700 |
| Charles I plain tankard (1629), 750s. per oz. | 667 |
| Plain tankard; York; maker, Marmaduke Best (1671), 195s. per oz. | 234 |
| Commonwealth (1649), maker AF., 290s. per oz. | 413 |
The range of prices is: Commonwealth, about £20 per oz.; Charles II, £8 to £10 per oz.; William and Mary, £4 per oz.; Anne, £2 per oz.; George I, 20s. per oz.
BEAKERS.
| £ | |
| Henry VII, silver-gilt (1496), 6 oz. 16 dwt. sold in 1902 | 1,270 |
| Elizabethan (1599), 490s. per oz. | 197 |
| Charles I (1635), 315s. per oz. | 73 |
| Charles II (1662), 290s. per oz. | 46 |
| William III (1699), 170s. per oz. | 66 |
WINE CUPS.
| £ | |
| Elizabethan goblet, 7 oz., 530s. per oz. | 188 |
| Charles I, wine cup (1638), 3 oz. 14 dwts. | 88 |
| Commonwealth Goblet (1650); maker, HS., 800s. per oz. | 118 |
PUNCH-BOWLS.
| £ | |
| William III “Monteith” (1701), 100s. per oz. | 398 |
| Queen Anne “Monteith” (1705), 70s. per oz. | 267 |
| Punch-bowl (1750), 23s. per oz. | 15 |
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