# Coconut Cup with Cover [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, German]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Partially gilt silver, embossed, cast, engraved, coconut, height 34 cm ## Commentary The coconut cup with a cover was a popular product of silversmiths in the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries. The very hard fruit of the coconut was already used by medieval goldsmiths. With the expansion of sea navigation aand marine trade its use grew ever wider. The often richly carved coconut pieces had mostly secular function \(drinking vessels, cups, flagons\) but some were made for sacral use \(e.g. reliquary\). The present item is adorned with repoussé ornaments, putti, herms and sea monsters as well as a plastic figure of a warrior. It was made probably in German areas. ## 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]()