These three salvers were made in London in 1831 and designed by James Warwick. The border of the large charger is decorated with cast and chased classical figures and foliage applied to the main body of the tray with hunting scenes with boars and stags, masks and grapes, Cupid and Narcissus and lyres. The feet featuring grotesque masks would also have been cast separately. The reverse is elaborately engraved with the signatures of the subscribers who presented the trays to James McDonnell Esquire in 1831, and provides a snapshot of Belfast’s philanthropic society at that time. The two smaller trays have similar but more restrained decoration – the main theme being vines and grapes.