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Thursday 12 December 2024 e Friday 13 December 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A pair of extraordinary vermeil-mounted chalices, 1878

Estimate

€ 280 - 350

Sold

€ 375

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

height 14.5 cm.
Made of glass (one of the chalices with a vein) worked with small pyramids in relief, beautiful gilded-silver mounts finely carved with floral motifs (thistles, clovers and roses), the upper parts with the writing "COMPOSED OF THE LACE WORN BY MAJOR-GENERAL CONYERS TOWER , C.B. DURING 34 YEARS SERVICE IN THE ARMY. 1878.", several marks on all three mounts, and marked "514", "515" and "X" at the base.