Large English Silver Round Serving or Drinks Tray with Handles

A beautiful large English oval serving or drinks tray of fine plate silver, featuring two opposing handles, With a raised gallery around the circumference, with an etched floral desi...

A handsome English wine bottle display holder or coaster of fine plate silver, featuring a serpentine scalloped top edge, pierced design around the circ...

An antique large Rideau silver plate rectangular serving tray with engraving interior and ornate border with handles.

This very elaborate and well executed silver plated serving tray is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States, possibly by Meridian, and dating to approximately 1890 and done in the period Aesthetic Movement style. The tray is is quite heavy for its size and heavily plated, and has a unique fortress shape with flanged sides with ornately cast scrolling leaf decoration. The surface of the tray is engraved with a vignette of tall ships which is framed in an elaborate scrolling leaf and foliage motif. The figural handles depict a reclining woman, beckoning to the ships from the shoreline. This tray is in very good period condition and a very good example of Aesthetic Movement plated...