Cup with cover

Reinhold Vasters|Abraham Lotter the Elder

19th century · Rock crystal, enameled gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The design for the entire covered cup, crystal included, is by Reinhold Vasters. The drawings for it exist at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The finial figure, Caritas, has been derived from a similar composition on the Hausaltar of Albrecht V at the Schatzkammer in Munich, made by Abraham Lotter the Elder, 1573–74.

Artist

Reinhold Vasters|Abraham Lotter the Elder

Date

19th century

Medium

Rock crystal, enameled gold

Culture

German

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913