A Rolls-Royce sterling silver salver by Saunders & Shepherd, presented as a Christmas gift for 1935

hallmarked London 1935, with engraved Spirit of Ecstasy design and initialled R.H., 23cm wide, raised on four tab feet.

This salver was one of a series commissioned and presented by Rolls-Royce Ltd as a Christmas gift for 1935 to selected dealers and distributors of UK Rolls-Royce motor cars, and part of a set of 11 different Christmas gifts in total presented in the years 1926-1937, after the successful introduction of the Phantom I.
Recipients of desk sets included Clyde Automobiles of Glasgow, Watson of Liverpool, Cockshoot of Manchester, Rippon Bros of Huddersfield, Car Mart of London, Roltes of Maidstone and Croal of Edinburgh.