Nautilus Cup

Flemish, or South German1575/1625

Details

Title: Nautilus Cup
Creator: Flemish, or South German
Date Created: 1575/1625
Physical Dimensions: 12 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (31.75 × 19.05 × 9.53 cm)
Type: DECORATIVE ART
External Link: See more at collection.mam.org
Medium: Shell, gilt bronze, copper, silver, and semiprecious gems
Art Movement: classicism, Mannerist, Northern Renaissance
Depicted Topic: Animalia, figures (representations), gems, male, men, mythology, Nature, water
Technique Terms: casting, engraving (incising), gilding, riveting
Place Made: Deutschland, Flanders
Physical Attributes: appliqué, bases (object components), bronze, copper, rims, silver, stems
Object Type Terms: nautilus shell cups
Material Terms: bronze, copper, gems, gilding, gold, nautilus shell, silver
Image Source: Milwaukee Art Museum, John Nienhuis
Credit Line: Milwaukee Art Museum, Purchase, with funds from Donald and Donna Baumgartner M2002.170

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