A PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHALICE AND TWO COVERED CUPS

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23.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 257 | A PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHALICE AND TWO COVERED CUPS
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHALICE AND TWO COVERED CUPS

THE CHALICE, MARK OF MIKHAIL KLUSHIN, MOSCOW, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY; ONE CUP, MARK OF PETR SEMENOV, MOSCOW, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

The chalice, the ovoid bowl on conforming pedestal foot, the body decorated with a scrolling foliage fretwork cage around three cast and chased reserves depicting an allegorical couple and a putto, the foot similarly decorated, marked on rim, stem and foot; the cups, each with a shaped lobed bowl on conforming pedestal foot, all over repoussé and chased with rocaille motifs, the stem cast as a figure of a man, one with an associated detachable cover with a ball finial, the other cover with the finial as an allegorical man, the cup with an associated cover marked on rim, foot and cover

13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) high, and smaller

33.4 oz. (1,040 gr.)

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