ID 1027431
Lot 20 | A DUTCH SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
MARK OF CORNELIS JANSZ VAN DER BURCH, DELFT, 1607
On domed circular spreading foot with egg-and-dart border and chased with sea monsters on wavy ground, the vase-form stem applied with griffin scrolls interspersed with flowers, the straps cast with demi-eagles on and the front with a caryatid, the spout-like rim engraved with the profile of a soldier flanked by scrolling foliage and flowers, the nautilus scroll applied with an open mouthed grotesque mask topped by a female Nike standing on a winged orb marked on underside of rim
13 ¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
23 oz. 13 dwt. (735 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Frégnac and W. Andrews, The Great Houses of Paris, London, 1979, p. 79, illustrated in situ, p. 80.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Dr. P. Biesboer, Delfts Zilver, Zwolle, 2020.
H. Mette, Der Nautiluspokal, Munich, 1995.
J. F. Hayward, Virtuoso Goldsmiths and the Triumph of Mannerism 1540-1620, London, 1976.b.
Marsely Kehoe, 'The Nautilus Cup Between Foreign and Domestic in the Dutch Golden Age,' Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, 2011, p. 275-285.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Silver, Shell |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Silver, Shell |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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