Cup
Unknown
possibly late 16th century amber, with 18th-19th century metalwork mount · Amber, gold and enamel · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
This gold-mounted, enameled amber cup reflects the taste of the electors of Saxony and resembles the work of Gabriel Gipfel, whose rock-crystal and enameled gold crucifix, and several jeweled pendants are in the Green Vaults in Dresden.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- possibly late 16th century amber, with 18th-19th century metalwork mount
- Medium
- Amber, gold and enamel
- Culture
- German
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
