Inscription: (pricked on underside) C S;
(in finer pricking on underside) C (twice, once over part of above C)
Marking: [1] Leopard's head (London assay office mark);
[2] Lion passant (London assay office mark);
[3] H in pointed shield (date letter for 1585–86)
[4] IH, two pellets above, a cross below, in shaped shield (maker's mark for John Harryson);
[5] scored over, erased, therefore indecipherable
Location of marks:
[1]-[4] on underside of base and on dome of lid near finial.