EXTREMELY RARE ELIZABETH I SILVER CHALICE,made London, 1568-69. Traditional communion cup form, likely made from pre-Reformation silver. Flaring vessel with hand-beaten surface texture has mid-band of engraved scrollwork surmounted by engraved commemorative date of "1566"; crisply turned pedestal with geometric tooled decoration, rests on domed base with border of foot having punched tongue-and-dart motifs; clear punch marks - H: 6 3/8 in. Wt.: 9 troy oz. Estimate $10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired by present owner from an Anglophile collector who acquired the piece in the 1960s from an English family who reputedly had owned the chalice for over 400 years, since the time of its creation.
