Turban snail shell cup, c. 1560, 6 1/4 × 6 11/16 × 4 3/16 in. (15.88 × 17 × 10.64 cm), Turban snail shell, turquoise, rubies or garnets, glass stones, gold lacquer, silver gilt mounts, Germany, 16th century, Travel, trade and scientific discoveries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries gave rise to a new type of collecting in which curiosities of nature and man-made works of art and science were gathered together by princes and wealthy connoisseurs in cabinets of curiosities which referred to both cabinets as well as one or more rooms. Hybrid objects, such as this turban snail shell cup were especially prized for the marriage of nature and art.
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