Nautilus Cup 1500 Breslau - Wrocław Poland Polish Joachim Hiller 1573 - 1613 German Germany ( Nautilus shells popular item in a Renaissance cabinet of curiosities mounted by goldsmiths on a thin stem to make extravagant )
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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