FRANCE, dernier tiers du XVIIIème siècle Small travel ciborium in silver (950), gilded, consisting of a plain bowl with a filleted neck, screwed onto a circular gilded foot with a shaft featuring two gadrooned rings and a base decorated with a frieze of flutes on a grained ground, and a lid decorated with twisted flutes and topped with a cross. Goldsmith's hallmark: Claude-Pierre DEVILLE, received Master in Paris in 1769, then moved to the provinces in 1781. Charge and Contre-marque [shoe] marks from PARIS for 1774-1780 and Jurande [M] marks from PARIS for 1775. Inscription under the cup "Olivier Chelet". Inscription in capital letters under the base "Mme J. Rousselot à sa meilleure Amie". Total weight : 254 g. - Total height: 16.5 cm. Wear to the gilding of the lid; a few bumps, slightly warped base. In an antique black leather travel case, lined with skin, cylindrical and conical in shape, with two brass clasps and handle (too large - wear and tears).