Italian, probably Tuscany, 15th century

Italian, probably Tuscany, 15th century and later

Chalice

inscribed: IHS and: XT

gilt copper, set with niello medallions, the silver cup a later replacement

adorned with six niello roundels enclosing busts of two female saints and the holy monogram IHS, with a hexalobate foot and knobbed stem

18cm., 7 1/8 in.