A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP

Lot 36
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
Classic
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
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ID 1360327
Lot 36 | A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP
Valeur estimée
$ 700 000 – 1 000 000
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP
MARK OF HANS I CLAUSS, NUREMBERG, 1641-1643
On a shaped oval base with applied scroll arabesques centered by classical figures, the stem formed as a satyr kneeling on a grassy mound applied with small amphibians and insects and raising the shell aloft, the polished nautilus shell held within a cagework of four openwork straps cast with winged female figures, the broad lip-mount etched with a dense composition of Neptune in a foaming sea, amongst writhing sea monsters, the domed cover chased with putti riding sea monsters and surmounted by the draped figure of Neptune holding a trident and confronting a lion leaping towards him from the main body of the shell, the detachable cover reveals a second conflict between the lion and a grotesque dragon emerging from the depths of the shell, marked on foot rim, upper rim of cup and cover with maker’s mark and town mark
22 in. (56.9 cm.) high
62 oz. 9 dwt. (1,943 gr.) gross weight




Provenance

A European Private Collector; Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1996, lot 148 (cover illustration).
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, January 1997.



Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 28, pp. 144-149.
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