WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, MUSEUM OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART.
J. Pierpont Morgan collected more than 20,000 works of art in only 23 years, including this magnificent curiosity :
Jeremias Ritter, Nautilus Cup, c. 1630, Silver-gilt and shell, 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
J. Pierpont Morgan collected more than 20,000 works of art in only 23 years, including this magnificent curiosity :
Jeremias Ritter, Nautilus Cup, c. 1630, Silver-gilt and shell, 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917