Live Auction 2593Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A FRENCH GILT-COPPER CHALICE
Lot 174

A FRENCH GILT-COPPER CHALICE

EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Closed2 November 2011

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GBP 3,250

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A FRENCH GILT-COPPER CHALICE
EARLY 16TH CENTURY
The plain bowl with traces of silvering on a foliate engraved knopped stem with foliate embossed petal shaped foot with pierced gallery, the wing-nut fixing stamped with fleur-de-lys in a crowned shield
9 in. (23 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a similar silver and base metal chalice see the Victoria and Albert Museum, No. 3237-1856.