Swansea ice pail cover and liner – £38,000 at Bonhams.
An impressive 8in (20cm) high ice pail, cover and liner made what is thought to be a record auction result for Swansea porcelain when it sold for £38,000 hammer at Bonhams in Knightsbridge on June 5.
Made at the Swansea factory c.1815-17, it had been finely decorated in a London workshop with botanical specimens that include a passion flower and an anemone, and has gilt borders of scrolls and classical motifs.