Nautilus Cup
Shells of the pearly chambered nautilus were imported from the Indian and Pacific Oceans as natural marvels because of the lustrous beauty of the shell when polished and its amazing interior structure. A luxurious drinking vessel for court feasts, this cup underscores the hos...
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Caspar Bourgeois and Stephen Bourgeois, Cologne, by purchase; Sale, Cologne, October 19, 1904, no. 554; Raoul Heilbronner, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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