A good quality early George III period sterling silver salver with a pierced, cast and applied gallery border, decorated with Rococo scrolls, fancy birds, figures and flower heads, with finely engraved central armorial, atop three pierced cast volute scroll bracket feet.
 
The border is secured to the central section with a lap join. The border is correctly marked with the sponsor's mark, in addition to full hallmarks struck to the underside of the central section.
 
Maker: William Tuite.
London, 1766.
 
Dimensions:
Diameter: 29.5cm
Height: 4cm.
Weight: 1.037 kilograms.
 
Note: A similar example is illustrated in, 'The Price Guide to Antique Silver', fig. 734, pp. 229, by Peter Waldron. Waldron also notes that this form of high quality salver was also produced by the famous Huguenot goldsmith, Paul de Lamerie. Further similar examples are illustrated in, 'English, Irish & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute', fig. 357, 358, 340, 341, pp. 459-466.