french-gilt-silver-chalice
Lot 258
French Gilt Silver Chalice
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, the cup and domed base chased and embossed with masks, scrolled vines, and floral clusters. Base rim and body both bear 1st standard (.950) Minerva Guarantee mark, as well as an indistinct maker's mark within a lozenge shaped punch; also bearing a bigorne on the interior of the cup and what appears to be a boar's head facing the opposite direction on the body.

5.75 x 3.5 in.

10.10 troy oz.

Extensive interior scratching; several minute rim and base dings; areas of slight rubbing to gilt.

$600 - 900