# Grape Goblet [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, German]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Silver, gilt, embossed, engraved, height 29 cm ## Commentary The shape of the goblet recalls natural forms, it was inspired by a thick bunch of grapes. \(Its German name is Traubenpokal.\) The cluster of grapes also alludes to the original function of the vessel as a wine goblet, although these cups were mostly used as representative table ornaments or gifts. This kind of cup appeared in Nuremberg at around 1600 and remained popular until the mid-seventeenth century among silversmiths of other south German towns such as Darmstadt and Strassburg, too. The present grape goblet was produced by Hans Winkler \(1562-1619\), a silversmith in Nuremberg. ## Related artworks - [Agraffe with a Depiction of the Virgin and Saints]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Amulet]() - [Arm reliquary of St Lawrence]() - [Arm Reliquary]() - [Book cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Book cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Bust reliquary of Charlemagne]() - [Candelabra with seven arms]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()