Silver coffee pot with a straight, tapering octagonal body and a hinged domed lid, by Colin Mckenzie, Edinburgh, 1713 - 1714, engraved with the arms of Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain

Silver coffee-pot with a long plain body bulging to the base, hinged domed lid and circular pedestal foot, by Alexander Kincaid, Edinburgh, 1731 - 1732

Porcelain coffee pot with decorated moulded body showing the Pringle of Stichill (Roxburghshire) coat of arms, made by William Littler, West Pans, Preston Pans, East Lothian, c. 1770

Lid for a porcelain coffee pot, with the Pringle of Stichill (Roxburghshire) coat of arms, made by William Littler, West Pans, Preston Pans, East Lothian, c. 1770

Coffee pot of 2 1/2 pint capacity, 500 watts AC, with a metal casing finished in black and chrome, and made by Best Products Ltd of Felixstowe, England

Earthenware coffee pot with black glaze and floral ornamentation in colours and gilt: probably Dutch, early 19th century

Cover for an earthenware coffee pot with black glaze and floral ornamentation in colours and gilt: probably Dutch, early 19th century

Silver coffee-pot with a round stepped low foot beneath a tall, tapering body and a slightly domed, muffin-shaped cover with acorn finial, by Edward Lothian, Edinburgh, 1749 - 1750

Plain elongated pear-shaped silver coffee-pot with small curved spout and loop handle: Scottish, Edinburgh, by J. and W. Marshall, designed and owned by David Ramsay Hay, 1847 - 1848

Separate cover with finial for a plain elongated pear-shaped silver coffee-pot: Scottish, Edinburgh, by J. and W. Marshall, designed and owned by David Ramsay Hay, 1847 - 1848

Porcelain coffee pot with polished surface: German, Meissen, Bottger ware, 1710 - 1750

Cover for a porcelain coffee pot with polished surface: German, Meissen, Bottger ware, 1710 - 1750

Silver coffee pot with slender pear-shaped body chased and repoussé with elaborate floral decoration in panels, and curved wooden handle: English, London, by William Grundy, 1774 - 1775

Silver coffee-pot of elongated baluster form with a hinged lid and wooden handle, engraved on the body with bands of rococo scrolls and flowers: English, London, by William Skeen, 1763 - 1764

Octagonal silver coffee pot with moulded foot and lip, hinged domed lid with octagonal button finial, and dark wood handle with scrolled thumb-piece, with an engraved coat of arms: English, London, by Anthony Nelme, 1715 - 1716

Silver-gilt coffee pot with spout in shape of a fantastic animal, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu and Martin-Guillaume Biennais, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825