LOT 464
check for more images below, if available
Lot 464
A VERY FINE AND IMPORTANT MATCHING FRENCH SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL AND IVORY CHALICE, CIBORIUM AND MONSTRANCE SET, BRUNET PARIS CIRCA 1920. Comprising a heavy gilded silver chalice with repousse base set with four Limoges enamel medallions depicting the Nativity, the Baptism of Christ, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. With carved ivory node and stem and engrave bowl with matching paten. Also a similarly modeled ciborium, the base also set with Limoges enamel plaques depicting the Woman at the Well, the Fish and the Loaves, Christ with Peter and the Resurrection. Together with a matching monstrance, the base with Limoges enamel medallions depicting Christ, the Virgin, St. Joseph and probably St. Louis. The exposition window with quatrefoil surround displaying the symbols of the Four Evangelists and enameled in Latin, ECCE PANIS ANGELORUM FACTUS CIBUS VIATORUM. Each piece with Paris hallmark and silver standard and with makers mark PB for P. Brunet. Together with the original leather covered and lined custom fitted carrying case for each piece. Heights, Chalice 8.4inches (21.5 cm), Ciborium 11.25 inches (28.5 cm), Monstrance 24 inches (61 cm). A stunning set in excellent condition by one of the foremost manufactures of Ecclesiastical wares.
Estimate:
$12,000 - 18,000
€ 9,240 - 13,860
All items are sold “AS IS” and there will be no returns based on condition. The items sold are often of considerable age and will exhibit wear, usage and damage often not listed in the catalog entry. The absence of condition remarks in the catalog entry DOES NOT mean the item is in perfect condition. Prospective buyers are in ALL CASES responsible for determining the physical condition of lots. No employee or agent of Jackson's International Auctioneers and Appraisers is authorized to make on our behalf or on that of the consignor any representation or warranty, oral or written, with respect to any property. Therefore, if a prospective bidder has not examined the property to their satisfaction before the sale, or his/her agent has not inspected the property, Jackson's recommends that they not bid on the property. All dimensions are approximate. The condition of frames is not guaranteed.