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    "localId": "666994",
    "label": "Nautilus Cup",
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    "id": "666994",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Nautilus Cup",
    "description": "Nautilus shells were brought to the Netherlands from Indonesia. Skilled Dutch silversmiths mounted them in silver, creating luxurious vessels that were sought after by wealthy collectors. Early Dutch nautilus cups are mainly associated with the city of Delft, although only a few other examples made in Delft are known from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. They feature the dramatic motif of a sea monster’s head.",
    "date": "1607",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2023.154",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 33.3 x 10.6 x 20.1 cm (13 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Netherlands, Holland, Delft"
    ],
    "accession": "2023.154"
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    "tec": "Silver-gilt, nautilus shell",
    "tombstone": "Nautilus Cup, 1607. Cornelis Jansz van der Burch (Dutch, active in Delft, d. 1615). Silver-gilt, nautilus shell; overall: 33.3 x 10.6 x 20.1 cm (13 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2023.154",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "didYouKnow": "The nautilus is a marine mollusk that swims by expelling water from its shell using jet propulsion.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Kellen, D. van der, <em>Nederlands-oudheden: verzameling van afbeeldingen der voor wetenschap, kunst en nijverheid meest belangrijke voorwerpen uit vroegere tijden</em> ... The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1861. Mentioned: p. 23, illustrated: pl. LI"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Frégnac C., and Andrews, W., <em>The Great Houses of Paris</em>. New York: Vendome Press: Distributed by Viking Press, 1979. Illustrated: p. 80"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Biesboer, P., <em>Delfts zilver: Delftse Goud- en Zilversmeden en hun Merken, 1536-1807.</em> Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, 2020. Mentioned: p. 373"
        },
        {
            "citation": "\"New on View.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 65, no. 2 (June/July/August 2024): Back cover.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2024-02/page/n39/mode/2up"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Lafore, Alexandre. \"Two Cups for Cleveland.\" <em>La Tribune de l'Art </em>(February 28, 2026).",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: Throughout."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2023.154",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
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    "galleryDonorText": "The Harold C. Schott Foundation Gallery",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-18 21:17:45.307000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2023.154/2023.154_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 666994,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
    "coll": "Decorative Arts",
    "med": "Silver-gilt, nautilus shell",
    "creatorTags": [
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    ],
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