Cup with Turbo marmoratus shell

Christoph Lencker (1556 circa-1613)

This exquisite object is a libation vessel of a type that was popular in seventeenth-century German Wunderkammern, or “cabinets of wonders”, with the use of natural objects, and large shells in particular. The mark on the base of the cup is that of Christoph Lencker, who worked in Augsburg in the late-sixteenth/early-seventeenth century.

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• TITLE

  Cup with Turbo marmoratus shell

• AUTHOR

  Christoph Lencker (1556 circa-1613)

• DATE

  c. 1605 - 1610

• TYPE

  Object

• TECNIQUE

  Golden silver

• DIMENSIONS

  38.5 cm

• SUBJECT

  Applied arts

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

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