This chalice contains elements found in metalwork of the rococo period. Used during the Catholic Mass, such a vessel held the wine for the Eucharist. Flowing lines of scrollwork and leafage envelop the chalice, and the tulip-form upper section of the bowl seems to emerge as if it were a flower coming into bloom. C-scrolls usually surrounded armorials or monograms, but here contain downward pointing acanthus leaves. These were associated with the Greeks, but were later used in Christian art to symbolize heaven.