24 - Neo-Romanesque-style silver chalice; the circular base is accented by a frieze of grapevine tendrils that is echoed on the bowl; the openwork spherical knob is decorated with the Tetramorph surrounded by foliage; the interior of the bowl is vermeil.

Neo-Romanesque-style silver chalice; the circular base is accented by a frieze of grapevine tendrils that is echoed on the bowl; the openwork spherical knob is decorated with the Tetramorph surrounded by foliage; the interior of the bowl is vermeil. Minerva hallmark, 1st standard. Hallmark of the associated silversmiths Villard and Fabre, active in Lyon from 1901 to 1938. The base is weighted with a gilded metal plate bearing the stamp “JEUSSET-EVELLIN Orfèvre Rennes” and the engraved inscription “Count and Countess A. du Pontavice, Viscount and Viscountess of Kermoysan, June 6–7, 1925.” Gross weight: 544 gr. Height: 18 cm. Slight signs of wear. This chalice design is inspired by the chalice of Abbot Pélage, made in Spain in the 12th century. It is now housed in the Louvre Museum (OA 3201) Includes a vermeil paten decorated with the Chi-Rho symbol surrounded by the alpha and omega and the Latin inscription “Avec verum corpus natum de Maria virgine.” Minerva hallmark. Hallmark of the master goldsmiths DEMARQUET Frères. Diameter: 14.5 cm. Weight: 149 g. Presented in a case from the goldsmiths and bronze artisans BETIN FRERES in Rennes.