The rim with a single reeded edge, engraved with the crest of HAMILTON - 'a dexter hand holding a seax' and motto 'fideliter' (faithfully) and arms of Hamilton, Lord Belhaven and Stenton, 'Quartlery, first and fourth, gules, a mullet argent between three cinquefoils ermine (for Hamilton of Udston); second and third, a man's heart proper shadowed or between three cinquefoils ermine (for Hamilton of Raploch), overall an escutcheon of pretence', the escutcheon of pretence has not been identified, the touchmark of Carpenter and Hamberger, London (fl.1794-1825), (PS26), on rear of rim, diameter 24.8cm (9¾in), rim width 3.7cm (1½in)