A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT CHALICE

MAKER'S MARK ONLY OF MD CONJOINED AND ASSAY SCRAPE, PROBABLY FLEMISH, 17TH CENTURY

Details

A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT CHALICE
MAKER'S MARK ONLY OF MD CONJOINED AND ASSAY SCRAPE, PROBABLY FLEMISH, 17TH CENTURY
The hexafoil base alternately chased with winged angel heads and lilies, one of the lilies incorporating a coat-of-arms, the ovoid stem similarly chased and applied with angel heads in relief above a wreath-decorated lower knop, the bowl within a conforming pierced sleeve
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
18 oz. (558 gr.)

Provenance

Chateau de Ponthoz.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 5 July 1982, lot 159.
Ronald A. Lee (Fine Arts) Ltd., Bruton Place, London, 7 July 1982.
1132
Purchased, Simon Kaye Ltd., London, 1 December 1978.

Exhibited

Orfrerie Hutoise XVII-XVIIIe siècles, Huy, August-September 1980, caralogue no. 9

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Lot Essay

The arms are possibly those of Everlange de Vitry.

For a number of similar chalices, see Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'orfevrerie brugeoise, Bruges Muses Memling & Brangwijn, catalogue for an exhibition from 7 July - 10 October 1993.

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