Two Italian silver Eucharistic chalices - Palermo early 18th century and 19th century

( a) stepped circular base with baluster stem and plain cup. Hallmarked on the edge of the foot and under the rim with the mark of the "bulla" of Palermo depicted by a "high flying eagle", partially readable, in use from 1715 to 1825 and with the mark of an unidentified silversmith "A.B".
Height 25 cm, base diameter 12.7 cm, weight 370 g.
Item condition grading: *** fair (defects).

b) stepped circular base with baluster stem and gilded cup, decorated with vegetal motifs and with cartouches containing the Symbols of the Passion and Death of Jesus. Hallmarked on the edge of the foot with unidentified marks. Height 23.5 cm, base diameter 11.5 cm, weight 346 g.
tem condition grading: **** good.