FRANCE, seconde moitié du XVIIème siècle Silver monstrance reliquary (min. 800) with two straight moulded and serrated uprights with foliage cup resting on an inverted baluster shaft and rings with repoussé decoration of winged cherubs' heads and foliage and gadroons. The circular base is plain with a moulding underlined by a frieze of engraved and openwork leaves. The lid is in the form of a marquis's crown, topped by a cross, with pin hinges. Goldsmith's mark: I.L. under closed crown. Mark: Fleur de lys &.c. Possibly jurisdiction of AIX en PROVENCE. Hallmarks under the base and under the lid. Weight : 369 g. - Total height: 38.7 cm. Glass tube, hinge pins and crown motifs missing. Wear, oxidation, shocks and accidents; sinking of the shaft on the base; fixing of the cross to be revised. This mark is to be compared to the one present on a chalice with a similar decoration on the shaft and base, which would be a charge mark of the jurisdiction of AIX en PROVENCE, and would date from the second half of the XVIIth century. preserved in the church of Saint Martin, in Colmar, Inv. No. IVR93_20120400154NUC2A].