Nautilus Cup nobbelhoornbeker, Jörg Ruel, ca. 1600 - ca. 1625 Neurenberg Germany German ( A lump horn is the home of a sea snail that lives in the South Pacific. The sea god Neptune carries the cochlea on his shoulders. A fierce triton that pops up with soaking wet hair and beard from the airwaves to defend itself against an invisible opponent here, crowns the lid. )
Nautilus shells were popular items in the Renaissance cabinet of curiosities and were often mounted by goldsmiths on a thin stem to make extravagant The nautilus, a mollusk related to the squid, stopped evolving millions of years ago. It is literally a living fossil, and its shell was considered one of nature’s wonders.
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