Nautilus - a precious bowl Bashny.Net

In the tropical seas of our planet there are representatives of a small and ancient group of cephalopods. It's like a small octopus nautilus, which in Russian is called "pearl ship." Over millions of years, these creatures have not changed. Sinks engraved placed in openwork frame, transforming them into strange decorations, often - cups. Works of this kind were very popular Nuremberg masters of the late XVII-early XVIII centuries. The decor of the cups-nautilus commonly used images of mythological characters in one way or another connected with the sea ...

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Which shell processed by acid solutions, and turn jewelers Cup-nautiluses. Cups Nautilus whenever have been made thanks to the extraordinary charm of wonderful shells and always look ordinances and vlekusche.Perlamutr of Nautilus especially prized in the Middle Ages, was recovering in glasses and was a favorite in the entire West. ...