PARIS circa 1820 Liturgical bell in gilded silver, probably from a chapel. The rim is chased with a row of gadroons, acanthus leaves in reverse are framed by rows of pearls, and the central handle ends in a pinecone. Goldsmith: Jean-Charles CAHIER, his first hallmark: a Jehova - the goldsmith is said to have inscribed his second hallmark after the fall of the First Empire, choosing two interlaced Ls, the figure of Louis XVIII. Weight: 149 g - height: 11.7 cm - bell diameter: 5.5 cm Old man hallmark for 1819 - 1838 Condition: very good gilding This model of liturgical bell is similar to the one in the former Cathedral of Saint-Nazaire in Béziers, by the same silversmith.