Illustrated here, a 13in (33cm), 34.5oz wine jug by Richard Hennell, London 1873 led the section at £670. An elegant, 28oz early George III hot water pot could be had for 30 per cent less as could a 69oz Victorian four-piece tea service.
Of pear form with a cast shell and leaf-decorated spout, and a domed lid with reeded knop finial, the pot by William Shaw and William Priest, London 1760, sold at £440.
The early Victorian tea service of segmented melon design with panels engraved in rococo taste, by London makers Joseph and Albert Savoury, made £460.
Top price of the day was the £1400 which secured a George III and later mahogany longcase eight-day clock by Robert Holmes of Dublin.
Wine offers the way to success among silver
SOME 100 lots of silver and plate at Amersham Auction Rooms' (15% buyer's premium) April 1 400-lot sale largely bore out the current perception of the market that wine-related items will sell in an otherwise moribund market.
