Silver punch-bowl engraved with the arms of the Prince of Wales, by Charles Bendy, hallmarked Edinburgh, 1825 - 1826, also stamped with Richard Haxton's mark

Silver-gilt punch-bowl with two handles above masks and decorated with a frieze, part of a tea service made for the Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, the Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria: French, Paris, by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1810, purchased by Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1830

Delftware punchbowl decorated in blue inside with a scene from Hogarth and outside with a figure seated in a garden and flowers, Chinese style: English, Liverpool, 1700 - 1750

Commemorative goblet or punchbowl of glass set on a baluster stem and cut square foot, engraved with a scene illustrating the poem 'Willie brewed a peck of maut' and a quote from the poem 'Epistle to Davie', both by Robert Burns: probably Scottish, 1824

Punchbowl, tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with floral sprays in cobalt blue: Scottish, Glasgow, Delftfield Pottery, c. 1750-70

Silver punch-bowl decorated with figures from Sir Walter Scott's novels, by Mackay, Cunningham and Co., Edinburgh, 1877, given by the Trades of Edinburgh to Lady Mary Scott and Walter Trefisis on their marriage in July 1877

Base for a silver punch-bowl decorated with figures from Sir Walter Scott's novels, by Mackay, Cunningham and Co., Edinburgh, 1877, given by the Trades of Edinburgh to Lady Mary Scott and Walter Trefisis on their marriage in July 1877