Another Coaster (p. 169), in date 1810, has a broad beaded pattern at edge and a turned wooden bottom with a silver boss in the centre. This particular style has become a favourite and has been duplicated indefinitely and is known as familiarly the world over. In this it resembles the success of the willow pattern plate which, as a piece of pseudo-Chinese design, won the admiration of the public in the eighteenth century, and has been made by all the Staffordshire potters almost as a stock pattern. On the same page is a later Decanter Stand, about 1815 in date, having a turned wooden bottom with silver boss in centre. It is vertically fluted, and has a heavy moulded border of scroll design. It will be seen how far this example has departed from the fine character of the types which were being made in the great period prior to 1790. The love for ornament ran riot. It was misplaced and heavy mouldings and solid ornaments were added to articles that could not stand such meaningless exuberances and carefully executed details which choked all natural simplicity of line. [Illustration: OLD SHEFFIELD PLATED COASTERS. Lip decorated with scalloped floral design. Turned wooden bottom with plated boss. Date 1820. With moulded edge and broadly fluted. Turned wooden bottom with plated boss. Date 1805. Interior of above. Diameter 6⅛ in. Interior of above. Diameter 6¾ in. (_At the Sheffield Public Museum._) (_Reproduced by permission of the Corporation of Sheffield._)] [Illustration: OLD SHEFFIELD PLATED BUTTER DISH. Oval, finely pierced, having chased lid surmounted by pineapple. Twisted wire handles, on four claw and ball feet. Blue glass liner. Date about 1785. (_In the collection of B. B. Harrison, Esq._)] [Illustration: OLD SILVER PLATED DISH RING. Pierced ornament of floral design and scrolls. Date 1775. Made in imitation of Irish silver Dish or Potato Rings. (_In the collection of B. B. Harrison, Esq._)] Restlessness of invention seized the Sheffield and other platers. Old forms were discarded, not because they had outlived their usefulness, but because fashion demanded or appeared to demand something new. The decanter stand began to have its lip spread out more like a dish than like the early form of coaster. Some were decorated lavishly with scalloped floral design as in the example illustrated (p. 173), in date 1820. An illustration of the vessel upturned shows the crowded character of the design. The wooden turned base has the usual silver stud or boss in centre. The adjacent example, fifteen years earlier, shows a finely moulded edge broadly fluted. The character of this example is not open to any criticism as to over lavishness of ornament. It is true it exhibits a newer style, but it holds its own as a fine and comparatively reticent piece of design.