Reference number
O00043
Author
Anónimo
Title
Sardonyx goblet with eagle's head
Chronology
Seventeenth Century
Technique
Cincelado
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.

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