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Cup with cover

Designer Reinhold Vasters German
Finial figure after a composition by Abraham Lotter the Elder
19th century
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cup with cover
  • Designer: Reinhold Vasters (German, Erkelenz 1827–1909 Aachen)
  • Artist: Finial figure after a composition by Abraham Lotter the Elder (died 1612)
  • Date: 19th century
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Rock crystal, enameled gold
  • Dimensions: Height: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
  • Classification: Natural Substances-Rock Crystal
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
  • Object Number: 14.40.661a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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