# Nautilus cup

- By: Joachim Hiller
- Date: c. 1600
- Medium: nautilus shell, amethyst (mineral), silver (metal)
- Classification: nautilus shell cup
- Dimensions: height 42.4 cm x width 19.7 cm x depth 11.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1958-44--7f6f568f26ea88283acf1908bbdefd2d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/yoGaq/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This nautilus shell has been cleverly used to represent the body of a realistically rendered ostrich. Ever since Classical antiquity this bird has been a symbol of virtue. Even though it cannot fly, it surpasses all other twolegged creatures in the speed with which it can run. Virtue thus always triumphs.