Chalice In Silver France Around 1830

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 cup and a Minerva hallmark on the foot Hallmark of Paris guarantee Height: 29.5 cm Foot diameter: 14.8 cm Weight: 493 gr In good condition / no restorations or shocks, straight and stable Note: wear of the gilding, missing a few small twigs on the false cut ** Dictionary of liturgical arts 19th - 20th century, page 143