Silver & Objects of Vertu - 2nd May 2024

Lot 1659

An Elizabeth I silver chalice and cover,

Estimate £5,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £10710

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Description

An Elizabeth I silver chalice and cover,
London 1565, maker's mark of a device,
tapering circular form, with a band of engraved decoration, on a knopped stem, on a raised circular foot with engraved decoration, the cover with similar decoration and a scroll wire-work and disk finial, height 20cm, approx. weight 8.5oz.

Provenance: Selected Contents of Dinton Hall, Buckinghamshire.

Purchased from Sally Tudor Antiques, Wendover, 31st December 2004.