A Victorian silver-gilt and enamelled chalice
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A Victorian silver-gilt and enamelled chalice
by John Hardman & Co, Birmingham 1880
Tapering bowl with applied shaped panels engraved with stylised leaf and trefoil decoration on a stippled ground, hexagonal stem, the central knop with six protruding enamelled circular motifs each bearing a letter, 'I E S U S', the last featuring a cross, spread hexafoil base with engraved trefoil scrolls, one panel set with an enamelled roundel, underside of base with inscription 'Presented by Mrs Liddell in memory of her departed husband Matthew Liddell Esq of Prudhoe Hall, Prudhoe on Tyne Northumberland R.I.P May 31st 1883', height 19.5cm, weight 10.2oz.
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A Victorian silver-gilt and enamelled chalice
by John Hardman & Co, Birmingham 1880
Tapering bowl with applied shaped panels engraved with stylised leaf and trefoil decoration on a stippled ground, hexagonal stem, the central knop with six protruding enamelled circular motifs each bearing a letter, 'I E S U S', the last featuring a cross, spread hexafoil base with engraved trefoil scrolls, one panel set with an enamelled roundel, underside of base with inscription 'Presented by Mrs Liddell in memory of her departed husband Matthew Liddell Esq of Prudhoe Hall, Prudhoe on Tyne Northumberland R.I.P May 31st 1883', height 19.5cm, weight 10.2oz.