ID 1360284
Los 16 | A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS SHELL CUP
Schätzwert
$ 20 000 – 40 000
POSSIBLY SCOTTISH, PROBABLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY
On domed circular base supported on a band of openwork pales, chased above with tongues enclosing alternating stars and crescents, chased above with a band of cresting sea monsters amid waves; the tapering stem engraved with narrow chevrons between plain flat flanges, surmounted by a plain section with central disc flange buttressed by three openwork beaded scrolls supporting the shell, the upper part applied with a plain band engraved with rosettes and leaves within interlacing, with three caryatid-form straps, the valve applied with a further strap headed by an applied cherub head, engraved below, in the interior of the shell, with a coat-of-arms, flanked by two applied rosettes, stem with trace of a mark
10 3/8 in. (25.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1967, lot 143.
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 16 June 1969.
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Material: | Silber, Muschel |
| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Schottland, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Kategorie: | Tassen |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten |
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Material: | Silber, Muschel |
| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Schottland, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Kategorie: | Tassen |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten |
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