Chalice in gilt silver with embossed and chiseled decoration.The chalice rests on a domed circular foot, shaped like an ogee and chiseled with rushes and quatrefoils on the cavetto. The terrace is underlined by a frieze of water leaves and embellished by six amati and openwork cartouches decorated with the symbolic elements of the Eucharist: the glorious cross of Jerusalem is accompanied by wheat, bunches of grapes and leaves of 'water. The stem has an inverted pear-shaped knot, it is adorned with the same embossed decoration as the terrace and accosted by beaded collars and rings. The cylindrical tulip cup is gilded and adorned with a false cup cut into four reserves matching those of the foot.This chalice is the work of the Parisian silversmith Burel Jean-François ** whose hallmark was stamped in 1817 and crossed out in 1838.This explains the presence of two different regulatory stamps:Silver 950/1000, Old man hallmarks on the cut and a Minerva hallmark on the footParis guarantee hallmarkHeight: 29.5 cmFoot diameter: 14.8 cmWeight: 493 gIn good state of conservation / no restorations or shocks, straight and stableNote: wear of the gilding,missing a few small twigs on the false cut** Dictionary of liturgical arts XIX - XX century, page 143 This item will be shipped from our warehouse in France

In good state of conservation / no restorations or shocks, straight and stable Note: wear of the gilding, missing a few small twigs on the false cut

29.5 x 14.8 cm

493 g