Calice en argent, Florence, vers 1700, aux armes de l'archevêque Leone Strozzi

le pied repoussé de chérubins alternant avec des écus armoriés sommés de chapeau de cardinal, entouré d'une frise de feuilles d'eau et d'une frise de feuilles de laurier, le noeud ciselé de trois médaillons représentant la Vierge à l'Enfant, un saint et un pape alternant avec des chérubins, la fausse coupe ajourée de trois chérubins

gilding worn at the cup. Nice pattern
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Leone Strozzi, issu d'une des familles les plus considérables de Florence, fut archevêque de cette ville de 1700 à 1703.