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ovoid foot with beaded edge and silver rim decorated with scrolls and flowers; long stem with silver and gilt figure of Neptune with long hair and beard, holding a trident, riding a hippocamp; Neptune wears elaborate scrolled crown; nautilus shell forms cup, decorated with gilt and silver mountings with swags, a grotesque face, two caryatids, and a satyr, with two crabs and two turtles holding decorative silver ball pendants; topped with Jonah (?) emerging from the whale's mouth; whale ridden by Cupid (?), holding gold reigns

Nautilus shell cup, c. 1660-1680

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G310

showing 1 results matching medium:"Nautilus shell, silver, parcel-gilt"

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