A DUTCH RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP

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12.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 166 | A DUTCH RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP
A DUTCH RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, NORTHERN HOLLAND, DATED 1595

On a domed circular base chased with strapwork, masks and lion’s heads on matted ground, the vase shaped stem cast and chased with lions and foliage, and applied with three scrolling handles, the nautilus shell carved with foliage and grotesques, the shell enclosed by four engraved foliate straps, the rim mount cast and chased with lion’s heads and applied with ropes, engraved with foliage, the nautilus scroll applied with an open-mouthed lion, engraved on the everted spout with inscription SYMON PIETERS ZOON KURT LYSBET LOURIS DOCHTER 1595, marked on the rim mount and with later Dutch control mark

11. 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.) high

19 oz. 2 dwt. (595 gr.) gross weight





Provenance

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), in Entresol, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.

Baron Edouard de Rothschild (1868-1949), in Fumoir sur la rue de Rivoli (petite vitrine), hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.

By descent to the present owners.
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