ID 1360284
Lot 16 | A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS SHELL CUP
Estimate value
$ 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.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver, Shell |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Scotland, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver, Shell |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Scotland, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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