Dish

1765-1783

Large, single-reeded circular dish with flat well; no foot ring. Underside is struck with seven marks: three partial touch marks near top of well are an oval containing a golden fleece bordered by "TH[OMAS] / SWAN[SON]" in curved reserves, another oval with a crowned Tudor rose and "M[ADE I]N / LONDON", and a mark of three arched reserves that read "SUC[CESSOR] / TO S[.ELLIS] / LONDO[N]"; four, faint, partial hallmarks appear below (left to right): a golden fleece facing left, a lion's head erased facing left, Britannia seated and the raised serif letters "S.E", all in shaped shields.