A French 19th Century silver-gilt tapering hexafoil chocolate cup and saucer, applied with cherub's and grotesque masks, shells and scrolling foliage, the cup on shell and C-scroll feet and with an elaborate scroll handle applied with a lizard, the saucer engraved with a crest with initials beneath, M.C.E. Mayer, Paris circa 1850 - diameter of saucer 6¾in., 13.25oz.