A SILVERGILT CHALICE AND PATEN

Description:

Trier, middle to 2nd half 19th century
H. 21,6 cm
Of Gothic style. With six-pointed base, openwork shaft and a cup-shaped support in gilded silver. The base features six enamel plaques depicting Christ, Mary and the four Evangelists (the enamel is slightly cracked). Central node set with stones. Hallmark 13, maker’s mark of Carl Franz Felsenhart (Scheffler, Rhineland-Westphalia, Vol. 2, p. 963). The cup and paten are made of gold-plated metal. Slightly restored.