A turbo shell bowl, with silver-gilt mounts apparently unmarked, probably Dutch, first half of the 17th century
Auction Closed
November 10, 04:38 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A turbo shell bowl, with silver-gilt mounts apparently unmarked
probably Dutch
first half of the 17th century
shaped oval, raised on oval foot cast and stamped with gadroons and roundels below open strapwork, the mounts in the form of conch-blowing mermen at the sides with a grotesque mask and dolphin rising to Neptune finial at the front and forming the handle, plain rim, with French control marks only
17.5cm., 7in. long
The grotesque mask with horns strap at the front of the shell is known from two 17th century nautilus shell cups in the Waddesdon bequest to the British museum. One of these has Utrecht marks and the other unidentified marks but thought to be Dutch, see: Hugh Tait, Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British museum, III, the `curiosities', London, 1991, figs 91 and 100.
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