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A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS SHELL CUP

Lot 16
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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CHRISTIE'S
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1360284
Lot 16 | A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS SHELL CUP
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 40 000
A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS SHELL CUP
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
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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