Outstanding antique Belle Epoque era French sterling silver liquor / whiskey hip flask. Featuring a thick hand blown clear glass bottle adorned with deep wheel cut fluting, the shoulders decorated with stunning engraved intaglios of floral sprays and ribbon bows. Retains a glass stopper. Mounted in exquisite French sterling silver, comprising of a threaded lid and collar, and detachable tumbler cup sheathing the base. The sterling mounts are richly decorated in Louis XVI/Neoclassical style ornamentation. Comprising of finely detailed raised relief of ribbon bows festooned with floral clusters and garland swags applied over an intricate engine turned guilloche engraved background of polka dots and zig-zag linework. Enhanced with gold vermeil finish to the interiors of the lid and tumbler. Hallmarked with the French Minerve 1st standard mark. In use from 1838, the mark depicts the goddess Minerva with a number 1 beside her to denote a silver content of .950/1000 silver (95% silver and a higher grade of finesse than the standard .925 for sterling). Bearing maker’s marks for silversmith Amédée Gravoin, active 1902 to 1933 at 118 rue du Temple, Paris. Measures 5 1/2” length x 5 ¾” width x 1 1/8” deep. In overall good antique condition with general wear and some surface scratches to the glass commensurate with age and use. No dings or dents to the thick gauge sterling mounts.