Chalice And Patene In Gilded Silver, France Circa 1927

Chalice and paten in gilded silver in neo-Gothic style. The chalice rests on a circular base with a projection bordered by pearl friezes. The terrace is chiseled with falling lanceolate leaves. The barrel is tubular, decorated with a collar and a toric knot highlighted in its center with a frieze of foliage in stylized volutes and quatrefoils, chiselled with water leaves on each side. The shaped cup slightly conical with a straight edge is set in a false flowered cup which keeps the same ornamentation as the terrace of the chalice foot. The base is weighted. Minerva 950/1000 hallmarks on the false cut and on the edge of the terrace. Minerva hallmark 800/1000 on the cup Master Goldsmith hallmarks: *Memery and Balage, circa 1927 Chalice: Height: 23 cm Diameter foot: 13 cm Gross weight: 474 gr Paten in 950/1000 silver, Minerva hallmark. It is decorated with a frieze of foliage of vine leaves and grapes Diameter: 13.7 cm Weight: 107 gr The whole is in good condition, without restorations or shocks, traces of use.