A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT CHALICE
UNMARKED, PROBABLY ITALIAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
The tapering bowl chased with flowers and stiff-leafage, the knop with six niello bosses probably of an earlier date, on hexafoil foot chased with foliage and two bosses, one with the sacred monogram, the other chased MRIA and with a third applied silver reserve engraved with the initials D.A.L.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
gross weight 11.75 oz. (364 gr.)
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT CHALICE
UNMARKED, PROBABLY ITALIAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
The tapering bowl chased with flowers and stiff-leafage, the knop with six niello bosses probably of an earlier date, on hexafoil foot chased with foliage and two bosses, one with the sacred monogram, the other chased MRIA and with a third applied silver reserve engraved with the initials D.A.L.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
gross weight 11.75 oz. (364 gr.)
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