Late eighteenth century.
THE POTTER AND THE SILVERSMITH.
SALE PRICES
CASTERS.
Ordinary Queen Anne examples bring 50s. to 60s. per oz.; George I and George II, 25s. to 35s. per oz.; George III and George IV, 18s. to 20s. per oz. Later specimens only fetch 5s. to 12s. per oz.
Rare and earlier examples bring higher prices, e.g.:
| £ | |
| William and Mary (1701), 225s. per oz. | 112 |
| Queen Anne (2), (1713), 115s. per oz. | 72 |
SUGAR-BOWLS.
The average prices are roughly as follows: George I, 60s. to 80s. per oz.; George II, 20s. to 50s. per oz.; George III, 8s. to 50s. per oz. (varying from engraved and fluted to pierced and applied ornament); George IV, 7s. (fluted) to 35s. per oz. (pierced and applied ornament); William IV, 6s. to 20s. per oz.
Exceptional pieces of course bring exceptional prices. A sugar-basket of 1725, by Paul Lamerie, sold in 1909 for £113, at 195s. per oz. A set of three George III (1763) sugar vases and covers were sold at the Ashburnham Sale in March 1914, for £214, at 135s. per oz.