4. The new pear-shaped top. The swelling lower part of body leaving foot as in cream-jugs of the same period.

(By courtesy of Messrs. Elkington & Co.)

EARLY GEORGE III CENTREPIECE 1761.

Height, highest part, 14¹/₂ in. Diameter 20¹/₂ in.

EARLY GEORGE III CENTREPIECE. c. 1775.

Maker’s mark, T.F.

(By courtesy of Messrs. Crichton Brothers.)