An Edwardian silver salver,

An Edwardian silver salver,
by The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1908,
square form, moulded border, on four gnarl feet, engraved with an armorial, length 30.7cm, approx. weight 35.4oz.

The armorial is that of Foster impaling Maunsell or Mansel. This is for a descendant of John Foster of Hornby Castle (the owner of John Foster & Sons, industrialists in Bradford). Robert Lionel Foster (1871-1952) married Eleanor Maud Mansel (d. 1944) in 1909.