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LL/129608
Hippolyte Bayard
1847 (ca)
Silver vase by Antoine Vechte, 'Neptune and Galatea' (Zilveren vaas van Antoine Vechte, 'Neptune et Galathee')

Salt print
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2013-127
 
(Alan Griffiths) Antoine Vechte was a renowned silversmith, and "Neptune et Galathee" refers to the mythological figures Neptune (the Roman god of the sea) and Galatea, a sea nymph from Greek mythology.
 
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