Jewel__A_Celebration_of_Earth_s_Treasures

Nautilus cup

Infant Hercules

Eagle’s claw

stand

Fruit decorations

Nautilus shell cup | Assembled c.1550 | 26.1 x 17 x 10.3cm (10¼ x 6¾ x 4in); 845g (1¾lb) in weight | Engraved nautilus shell, silver-gilt mounts

Sea monster’s face

Engraved silver gilt

Mouth forms

aperture of cup

Engravings of Chinese

dragons and birds

Strapwork decdoration

The collector...

might be likened

to a child who

cries for the moon

Baron Ferdinand Rothschild

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