A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP

Lot 167
12.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1027512
Lot 167 | A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP
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$ 50 000 – 80 000
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP

MARK OF JOHANN WAGNER, AUGSBURG, 1687-1691; THE CARVING AND ENGRAVING ATTRIBUTED TO CORNELIS BELLEKIN (C.1625 - BEFORE 1711)

On an oval reel-form base chased with scrolls and snails, the stem shaped as a twin-tailed mermaid arising from waves and holding aloft the nautilus with flower calix, the straps embossed and chased with winged putto caryatid, the shell carved with large branching foliage and etched with butterflies, flies, scarabs and other insects, the scroll of the shell carved with a knight's helm and etched above with a vacant cartouche below two birds, resting on top the cupid shaped finial standing on an orb, marked on foot rim and with striche underneath

14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high

28 oz. 4 dwt. (878 gr.) gross weight





Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.
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