Nautilus cup, anonymous, c. 1590 Nautilus cup with gold -plated silver frame, standing on a foot with two godron edges and a procession of tritons on the wild. Above it, on a small, platter surrounded by loose volutes, a dolphin with a satyr on the back, which supports the shell. The shell is caught in three clamps; At the front a caratide and on either side a hermtriton with poured, winding tail. Two smaller tritons near the rosette -shaped nut near the mouth edge. Along the mouth rim in points, opened band work. On the top of the shell a rande, oval hood with in accordance with dependent ban
Nautilus cup, anonymous, c. 1590 Nautilus cup with gold -plated silver frame, standing on a foot with two godron edges and a procession of tritons on the wild. Above it, on a small, platter surrounded by loose volutes, a dolphin with a satyr on the back, which supports the shell. The shell is caught in three clamps; At the front a caratide and on either side a hermtriton with poured, winding tail. Two smaller tritons near the rosette -shaped nut near the mouth edge. Along the mouth rim in points, opened band work. On the top of the shell a rande, oval hood with in accordance with dependent band work. As a crowning a prancing Hippocamp, on which Neptunus is seated. Low Countries silver (metal). nautilus shell gilding Nautilus cup with gold -plated silver frame, standing on a foot with two godron edges and a procession of tritons on the wild. Above it, on a small, platter surrounded by loose volutes, a dolphin with a satyr on the back, which supports the shell. The shell is caught in three clamps; At the front a caratide and on either side a hermtriton with poured, winding tail. Two smaller tritons near the rosette -shaped nut near the mouth edge. Along the mouth rim in points, opened band work. On the top of the shell a rande, oval hood with in accordance with dependent band work. As a crowning a prancing Hippocamp, on which Neptunus is seated. Low Countries silver (metal). nautilus shell gilding
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