Original designs for modern goldsmith's work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance

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Artist/Maker	Vasters, Reinhold of Aachen (made)
Place of origin	Aix (made)

Pencil pen and ink designs for modern goldsmith's work in chiefly the Renaissance style: cups, crucifixes, ecclesiastical ornaments, flagons, dishes etc. Also drawings based on goldsmiths' work of the Renaissance, particularly jewelled pendants, gold and enamelled mountings and ormanent.

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Categories	Metalwork Drawings Prints Designs
Object type	Design
Title	Original designs for modern goldsmith's work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour Paper Pen Ink Water-Colour Drawing
Brief description	Drawings by R. Vasters: Original designs for modern Goldsmiths' work, chiefly in the style of the Renaissance. 1 of 1079 drawings and 1 print.
Physical description	Pencil pen and ink designs for modern goldsmith's work in chiefly the Renaissance style: cups, crucifixes, ecclesiastical ornaments, flagons, dishes etc. Also drawings based on goldsmiths' work of the Renaissance, particularly jewelled pendants, gold and enamelled mountings and ormanent.
Dimensions	Various sizes.
Style	Renaissance
Credit line	Presented by L. M. Lowenstein, Esq.
Subjects depicted	Goldsmith Cup Crucifix Ornament Flagon Dishes Pendant Mounting
Associations	Schmidt, T. Schneider, H.
Bibliographic references	Yvonne Hackenbroch, 'Reinhold Vasters, Goldsmith', Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal, vol 19/20, 1986 (New York) Miriam Krautwurst, ‘Reinhold Vasters – ein niederrheinischer Goldschmied des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Tradition alter Meister. Sein Zeichnungskonvolut im Victoria & Albert Museum, London’ (Dissertation, University of Trier, 2003) Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3404-1919

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O825734/original-designs-for-modern-goldsmiths-design-vasters-reinhold-of/

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