Description
A pair of extraordinary vermeil-mounted chalices dating: 1878 provenance: Inghilterra, Made of glass (one with a vein) worked in small pyramids, beautiful gilded-silver mounts finely carved with floral motifs (thistles, clovers and roses), the upper parts with the writing 'COMPOSED OF THE LACE WORN BY MAJOR-GENERAL CONYERS TOWER , C.B. DURING 34 YEARS SERVICE IN THE ARMY. 1878.", several marks on all three mounts, and marked "514", "515" and "X" at the base.
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A pair of extraordinary vermeil-mounted chalices dating: 1878 provenance: Inghilterra, Made of glass (one with a vein) worked in small pyramids, beautiful gilded-silver mounts finely carved with floral motifs (thistles, clovers and roses), the upper parts with the writing 'COMPOSED OF THE LACE WORN BY MAJOR-GENERAL CONYERS TOWER , C.B. DURING 34 YEARS SERVICE IN THE ARMY. 1878.", several marks on all three mounts, and marked "514", "515" and "X" at the base.
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