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The placard at the Victoria and Albert Museum reads:

By Abraham Lotter (master 1613, died 1626) GERMAN, Augsburg; 1618-25 Trochus shell mounted in silver-gilt, marked

Mounted curiosities such as shells and hardstones were highly popular with seventeenth-century collectors. The elaboration of the mounts was thought an essential compelement to the wonder of the natural world.
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