Master Hamish - Antique Silver Shell Design Dish

Hamish is a stunning very large silver plate serving dish

In a scalloped clam shell shape body, with a decorative end of bunches of grapes on a vine.

He is sitting on three feet formed as a bunch of grapes

His bowl surface is smooth and in bright silver plate finish.

Hamish is a traditional shell shape American made serving dish, but his grape detail and large size make him a rare  and desirable style.

He is a great quality dish with only silver tarnish to his underside.  

Makers mark Reed & Barton stamped underneath who are a silversmithing company that was founded in 1824 in Taunton, Massachusetts. They are one of the oldest continuously operating silver manufacturers in the United States. Originally founded as Babbit & Crossman in 1824, the company was renamed Reed & Barton in 1840

Dimensions

Width: 305cm    Depth: 28.5cm   Height: 6cm