# Covered goblet

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## Artwork

- Artist: [JAERSVELT, Reijnier van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jaersvelt-reijnier-van-r41f5247a48233a>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Gilt silver, pearls and glass, height 27 cm

## Commentary

This goblet made by the Antwerp goldsmith Reijnier van Jaersvelt, represents a type that was used throughout Europe in the 16th century. It consists of a glass bowl and a silver-gilt foot and cover. The moulded, convex cover is topped with a stem collared with a fleuron with foliate ornaments and scrolls set with pearls. Seated on top of the stem is a boar. The inside of the cover is decorated with a circular scene of numerous animals in Paradise. Projecting from the centre is the body of a unicorn which can be seen through the glass when the cover is in place.

## Related artworks

- [Covered goblet: interior of the cover](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jaersvelt-reijnier-van-r41f5247a48233a/covered-goblet-interior-of-the-cover-r32ec9430c80833>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)