Silver gilt and cloisonné enamel chalice and presentation dish by Grachev, Saint-Petersburg 1898, imperial warrant, decorated with stylized flowers and foliage, turquoise beaded borders, the well and neck chased "St Petersburg, Eugene Dupont, 1898”, goldsmith’s hallmark AP in cyrillic, chalice h. 7,3 cm and 355g, dish diam. 20,3 cm and 388g

Provenance: Private Genevan collection

Louis Eugène Dupont (1839-1901) studiedengineering at the Zurich Institute of Technology. After his studies, he workedin Geneva as a tramway construction engineer. He built the first tramwaybetween Geneva and Chêne-Bourg. In 1866, he was elected to the Grand Council ofthe Canton of Geneva. In 1873, he travelled to Russia, where he built severaltram lines in Riga and St. Petersburg. In 1875, he became Consul General ofSwitzerland and Mission Leader in St. Petersburg. In 1900, he returned toGeneva where he died the following year.

Silver gilt and cloisonné enamel chalice
and presentation dish by Grachev, Saint-Petersburg 1898, imperial warrant, decorated
with stylized flowers and foliage, turquoise beaded borders, the well and neck
chased "St Petersburg, Eugene Dupont, 1898”, goldsmith’s hallmark AP in cyrillic,
chalice h. 7,3 cm and 355g, dish diam. 20,3 cm and 388g

Provenance: Private Genevan collection

Louis Eugène Dupont (1839-1901) studiedengineering at the Zurich Institute of Technology. After his studies, he workedin Geneva as a tramway construction engineer. He built the first tramwaybetween Geneva and Chêne-Bourg. In 1866, he was elected to the Grand Council ofthe Canton of Geneva. In 1873, he travelled to Russia, where he built severaltram lines in Riga and St. Petersburg. In 1875, he became Consul General ofSwitzerland and Mission Leader in St. Petersburg. In 1900, he returned toGeneva where he died the following year.

Très bon état général.
Usures à la dorure dans la partie centrale à cause du contact avec le calice. 
Usures à la dorure sur le dessous.
Poinçons sous la base du plat, sur le dessous du pied et sous le bout du calice.