Turban snail shell cup, c. 1560
Unknown artist, Germanyexpand_more
Turban snail shell, turquoise, rubies or garnets, glass stones, gold lacquer, silver gilt mountsexpand_more
Gift of funds from Mary Agnes and Al McQuinnexpand_more 2018.60
Not on Viewexpand_more
Travel, trade and scientific discoveries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries gave rise to a new type of collecting in which curiosities of nature and man-made works of art and science were gathered together by princes and wealthy connoisseurs in cabinets of curiosities which referred to both cabinets as well as one or more rooms. Hybrid objects, such as this turban snail shell cup were especially prized for the marriage of nature and art.
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- Title
- Turban snail shell cup
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2018.60
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