Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume II : Kunstkammer

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume II : Kunstkammer

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An Elizabeth I silver-gilt-mounted nautilus cup, maker's mark IE three pellets below, probably for John Evans, London, 1600

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October 12, 05:41 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 80,000 EUR

Lot Details

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An Elizabeth I silver-gilt-mounted nautilus cup, maker's mark IE three pellets below, probably for John Evans, London, 1600


the shell with engraved foliate border, the scroll straps of each side applied pipe players, the central strap decorated with a female caryatid, the stem cast as Neptune seated on a dolphin, all on a domed base decorated with grotesque masks, fruit and strapwork

height 10 5/8 in.; 27 cm.;

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Nautile monté en vermeil par John Evans, Londres, 1600


le coquillage à monture feuillagée, les attaches de chaque côté en forme de sirène jouant d'un instrument de musique, la bande centrale ornée d'une cariatide et de feuillages, le fût représentant Neptune assis sur un dauphin, le tout sur une base décorée de masques grotesques, fruits, fleurs et feuillages

height 10 5/8 in.; 27 cm.;

S. J. Phillips, London, 1995

Lord Harris of Peckham

Christie's London, 25 November 2008, lot 51

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S. J. Phillips, Londres, 1995

Lord Harris of Peckham

Christie's Londres, 25 novembre 2008, lot 51

David M. Mitchell, Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2017, p. 356-57, ill. full page.