Royalist Silver Wedding Cup With Profiles Of Louis XVI And Marie-antoinette, Paris ~1900

Royalist wedding cup, with Duvivier medal (1781, reprinted around 1900)
Solid silver [950]
with engraved surname "de St Valier"
Paris, around 1900
Minerva hallmark 1st grade (on the cup and on the foot)
Partially erased goldsmith's hallmark
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W 287g
Ø 12.8
L at the handles 17
Total H 10
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This very beautiful 18th century style wedding cup, mounted on a contoured pedestal, is decorated with the silver reproduction of the medal with the profiles of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, engraved by Duvivier in 1781 and reissued by the Paris Mint at the beginning of the 20th century (under Duvivier's signature we can see the cornucopia hallmark followed by the 1 and the word argent, used by the Mint since around 1900).
This silver reprint is classified as rare by numismatists.
The cup is decorated with a frieze of hearts and fleurs-de-lys applied alternately; under each heart is engraved a virtue of marriage: Amour, Tendresse, Bravoure et Dévouement (Love, Tenderness, Bravery and Devotion).
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Very good general condition.
A small dent next to the heart of Bravery...
The profile of the Queen, protected by the pedestal, is fleur de coin.
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We sometimes find some of these cups made up by forgers and provided with false 18th century hallmarks. Jacques Helft mentions one in the chapter devoted to forgeries of his Nouveaux Poinçons (p. 273).