A large George III silver salver, Richard Rugg, London, 1762

on four openwork scroll feet, an openwork cast chinoiserie border including seated figures, pagodas, and birds, the center engraved with three coats of arms, base engraved with later presentation inscription

earlier scratch weight on base cancelled, some signs of work at outer edge of base plate
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The arms on the left are probably those of Huges. The arms at the top are probably those of Neal[e]. The arms on the right are those of Barnes of Durham.

Inscription on base reads "To a most distinguished Shipbuilder, Sir Donald MacLean Skiffington, C.B.E., Clydebank 1892-1952."

Sir Donald MacLean Skiffington (1880 - 1963) was the Shipyard Director of John Brown & Co., Shipbuilders in Clydebank. It was under his direction that the first Queen Mary and the first Queen Elizabeth, two of the great ocean liners of the twentieth century, were built.