Antique French Sterling Silver Gold Vermeil Flask, Cranberry Glass Engraved

Fabulous antique French sterling silver and cut glass liquor flask. Featuring an exquisite cut glass tapered bottle, of a rich cranberry fading to pink. Decorated with wheel cut fluting and exquisite deep intaglio engraving. Patterned with an iris and lily of the valley flowers, with leaves wrapping around the bottle. Beautifully detailed. Sterling silver mounts are patterned in raised relief with repousse iris flowers and leaves and finished in stunning gold vermeil. The lid having a cork lined interior. Hallmarked with the French Minerve 1st standard mark used from 1838 to 1919, which depicts the goddess Minerva with a number 1 beside her to denote a silver content of 950/1000 (of 95% pure silver and a higher finesse than .925 sterling). Bearing maker's marks are for silversmith Edouard Ernie, active from 1882 at 7 rue Réaumur in Paris. Flask measures 6 1/8" length. In very good antique condition for age and type with general wear. Sometimes mistaken for a perfume bottle, these bot