I.Franks is pleased to offer a fine range of antique sterling silver Chalices from the George V period. All of our antique, George V silver Chalices can be purchased online, or from our shop in the London Silver Vaults and come with a certificate of authenticity, guaranteed by our membership of LAPADA. Please click on an image of any of the George V Chalices to see a larger picture.
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Hallmarked in London in 1936 by Omar Ramsden, this wonderful, Sterling Silver Chalice, is in the Arts & Crafts taste, and features the original gilding and the cast and applied crest of the Royal Horticultural Society. The chalice was given as a gold medal prize at the Chelsea Flower Show of 1937, and is engraved with "In Commemoration of the Accession of King George IV" around the rim, and lower down on the body the engraving reads "Chelsea Flower Show May 26 - 28 1937 - To Hocker Edge Gardens For Their Gold Medal Rock Garden". The chalice measures 7.5"(19cm) tall, by 6"(15cm) in diameter, and weighs 22.7 troy ounces.
£3,975
Hallmarked in Dublin in 1914 by West & Son, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Replica of the Ardagh Chalice, is decorated with Celtic bands and enamelled studs. The chalice measures 6.5"(16.5cm) tall, by 10.25"(26cm) wide, by 7.75"(19.5cm) deep, and weighs 42.5 troy ounces. The Ardagh Chalice is considered to be one of the greatest treasures of the early Irish Church, and one of the finest known works of Insular art. It is thought to have been made in the 8th Century AD, and was discovered in 1868 by Jim Quin & Paddy Flanagan just outside the village of Ardagh in County Limerick, Ireland.
£5,975