The progress in form from the days of George II to the end of the century is shown in the group illustrated on page 277. These casters, as will be noticed, are all circular in body, and do not include geometric forms. The George II example (1747) was the fixed type from George I to the early years of George III. A Scottish example of a sugar caster (illustrated p. 317), having the Edinburgh hall-marks for 1746, shows this established form. At the latter end of the reign of George II and in the early years of George III, from 1760, it is noticeable that the body swells in bulbous form, increasing in height from the foot. The next example (1771) shows the new top, pear-shaped; the swelling lower part of the body is still pronounced and the foot is taller, as in the cream-jugs of the period. In both these George III examples the cover is surmounted by a pine-cone knob. [Illustration: CASTERS. WILLIAM III. 1701. GEORGE II. 1747. GEORGE III. 1760. GEORGE III. 1771. 1. The plain form with circular top. 2. The fixed type from George I to early George III. 3. The swelling body increasing in height from foot; the pine-cone top. 4. The new pear-shaped top. The swelling lower part of body leaving foot as in cream-jugs of the same period. (_By courtesy of Messrs. Elkington & Co._)] [Illustration: EARLY GEORGE III CENTREPIECE 1761. Height, highest part, 14¹/₂ in. Diameter 20¹/₂ in.] [Illustration: EARLY GEORGE III CENTREPIECE. _c._ 1775. Maker’s mark, T.F. (_By courtesy of Messrs. Crichton Brothers._)] The Centre-piece