A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP AND COVER NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1630, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANNES CLAUSS, PARTS OF STEM REPLACED On oval waisted foot chased with scrolls and with applied silver scroll brackets, the stem formed as a kneeling figure of a Wodewose supporting on his back a tree stump with cylindrical section also applied with scroll brackets above, the shell enclosed in four caryatid straps with rim etched with sea-gods and goddesses, the valve capped by a winged dragon, the detachable cover chased with a turtle, sea-gods and monsters, with figure of Neptune finial, marked on base and rim--18 1/2in. (47cm.) high
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NAUTILUS CUP AND COVER NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1630, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANNES CLAUSS, PARTS OF STEM REPLACED On oval waisted foot chased with scrolls and with applied silver scroll brackets, the stem formed as a kneeling figure of a Wodewose supporting on his back a tree stump with cylindrical section also applied with scroll brackets above, the shell enclosed in four caryatid straps with rim etched with sea-gods and goddesses, the valve capped by a winged dragon, the detachable cover chased with a turtle, sea-gods and monsters, with figure of Neptune finial, marked on base and rim--18 1/2in. (47cm.) high
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