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- Reference number
- O00043
- Author
- Anonymous
- Title
- Sardonyx goblet with eagle's head
- Chronology
- Seventeenth Century
- Technique
- Cincelado; Esmaltado; Tallado; Engastado
- Material
- Piedras Duras
- Measures
- 22,5 cm
- School
- Francesa
- Theme
- Animales
- On display
- Yes
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
A goblet made up of three pieces of different agates decorated with enameled gold and crowned with an eagle's head. The vessel itself is considered a work of Antiquity, perhaps Hellenistic Greek, while the other parts were made in the seventeenth century. According to old photographs, it originally had a handle shaped like a winged dragon on the opposite side from the eagle. This was stolen from the Prado Museum in 1918.
This work was part of the inheritance received by King Felipe V (1683-1746) upon the death of his father, the Grand Dauphin, in 1712.
















