A large George III silver salver, Richard Rugg, London, 1778

oval, applied cast and pierced border above four similar panel supports, the centre engraved with a lady's coat of arms within a ribbon-tied husk and foliate spray cartouche, wood underside

Large and impressive, light surface wear commensurate with age, wood backing appears to be original and is coming away slightly from the silver rim in one section, otherwise overall good condition.
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The arms are those of Hopkinson of Lofthouse, Yorkshire, impaling Helfordes.

For another, similar tray, also Richard Rugg, London, 1782, see Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, revised edition, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 445, pl. 693.