拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

Marks clear: marked on base, on applied masks on base, on the detachable middle section of stem, currently not removable, on all the branches on the ornamental fins on the back of the dolphin terminals, on the rims of the lamp-shaped drip-pans and on the sleeves of the nozzles. The alternative upper section also marked, rim of the alternative finial pushed down slightly. The interior of the stem with original iron rod which extends approximatively 1¹⁄₂ in. below the base: this may have been originally flush of the base and could be remedied. Slight loss of definition on high spots. Engraving of Royal presentation inscription and coronets clear.