I was quite interested in what the modern day cost of these items would be to purchase. I am not sure if this is the correct way of calculating but based on an inflation calculator from the bank of England, it seems £398 in 1821 would be around £43,000 now.
So buying quite a few of these, albeit sum were cheaper, was still quite an expensive purchase and therefore to receive one must have been quite prestigious.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator
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