Mounted nautilus shell drinking cup
On display
Polished nautilus shell, mounted in silver-gilt. On the top is Neptune with his trition, seated astride, on a crayfish. The straps are formed as two female and one male herm figures. At the sides of the mount are two snails. The stem is formed as a naked man, probably Atlas, with a dolphin between his feet. He stands in the sea, populated by more dolphins. The remainder of the surface embossed and chased.
Details
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Title
Mounted nautilus shell drinking cup
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Associated place
Antwerp (place of creation) -
Date
1612 -
Material and technique
nautilus-shell, silver-gilt mounts
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Object type
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Dimensions
26 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.197
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Further reading
J.F. Hayward, Virtuoso Goldsmiths and the triumph of Mannerism, 1540-1620 (London, 1976), 618, 661, 398, 402
Koldeweij, Anna Cecilia, ‘Van kunstkamer tot museumzaal: De nagelaten collectie van Michael Wellby’, (2015)
