Stilleven met nautilusschelpen (Still Life with Nautilus Shells)

A silver mounted glass jug and a tall decanter rise behind two iridescent nautilus shells, a wine glass and a scent bottle, on flowered cutwork lace. Clear glass, mother of pearl and cut linen, each transparency and sheen exactly weighed. The nautilus was once mounted in gold as the star of a pronkstilleven, and here it keeps that quiet glamour.