A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED NAUTILUS SHELL CUP MARK OF ALBRECHT VON HORN, AUGSBURG, 1647-1651, WITH SOME LATER MOUNTS On domed lobed foot chased with auricular masks, the stem formed as a merman kneeling on waves supporting the shell on one shoulder, the shell enclosed by four straps, the side straps formed as winged caryatids, the front strap with winged satyr holding a basket of fruit, the back strap with a large grotesque mask framed by wave like scrolls probably 18th century to cover damage to the shell, the finial formed as a putto seated upon a scaly dolphin holding in his right hand an arrow probably later, the shell carved with scrolls and central visor topped with a later plume of feathers and framed by later cornucopiae, marked on base and with inventory number 385 painted in red inside the shell 15 in. (38.2 cm.) high Provenance Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905), Vienna. Rothschild collection.
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED NAUTILUS SHELL CUP MARK OF ALBRECHT VON HORN, AUGSBURG, 1647-1651, WITH SOME LATER MOUNTS On domed lobed foot chased with auricular masks, the stem formed as a merman kneeling on waves supporting the shell on one shoulder, the shell enclosed by four straps, the side straps formed as winged caryatids, the front strap with winged satyr holding a basket of fruit, the back strap with a large grotesque mask framed by wave like scrolls probably 18th century to cover damage to the shell, the finial formed as a putto seated upon a scaly dolphin holding in his right hand an arrow probably later, the shell carved with scrolls and central visor topped with a later plume of feathers and framed by later cornucopiae, marked on base and with inventory number 385 painted in red inside the shell 15 in. (38.2 cm.) high Provenance Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905), Vienna. Rothschild collection.
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