Nautilus shell

Sconosciuto

This nautilus shell, perforated and mounted on pedestal, was used as drinking vessel, as was very much the fashion in the first half of the seventeenth century.

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• TITLE

  Nautilus shell

• AUTHOR

  Sconosciuto

• INVENTARIO

• DATE

  c. 1600 - 1650

• TYPE

  Object

• TECNIQUE

  Carved wood in two colors,Chiselled metal foil,Chiselled metal sheet

• DIMENSIONS

  22.5 × 19 × 9.5 cm

• SUBJECT

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

• ROOM

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