AUCTION 53: A NEW YORK ART FALL SALE

A GILT-SILVER COMMUNION CHALICE WITH 3 PAINTED ENAMEL MINIATURES, 19TH CEN.

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Start price: $2,500

Estimated price: $3,000 - $3,500

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A gilt-silver chalice with fine repoussé foliate decoration and three painted enamel miniatures. Two of the miniatures show scenes of Jesus’ life, while the third depicts a saint holding an open Bible, surrounded by cherubim and light. There is a hallmark stamped on the edge of the flared base is stamped with a maker’s mark or hallmark which we have not identified.

Continental Europe, 19th Century.

Weight: 702 g., 24.8 oz.

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Dimensions: H: 10 3/8 in., (26.4 cm.)

Condition: Good overall with some loss to gilt. All miniatures in fine condition.