Lot Essay
The Benaki Museum contains a number of comparable items of silver in the collection. See Silverware, Athens (Benaki Museum), 1966. See also G. Ekonomaki-Papadopoulou, [Greek text], Athens, 1980.
Details
A GREEK SILVER CHALICE
EPIRUS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Repoussé and flat-chased with images of the Saviour, the Virgin and Seraphs, amidst stylised foliage and classical motifs, apparently unmarked
8½in. (22cm.) high
EPIRUS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Repoussé and flat-chased with images of the Saviour, the Virgin and Seraphs, amidst stylised foliage and classical motifs, apparently unmarked
8½in. (22cm.) high