It is unclear whether this ornately designed covered goblet was ever used as a functional object. The decorative vessel is mainly made of silver. The foot, bowl (cup), and lid are decorated with heart-shaped spirals (volutes) made of gold wire. The bowl rests on a multipart shaft (baluster). Eight almost square amber plates are set into the wall, between which filigree bands wind their way along vertical bars. These end in the lower part of the bowl in hearts, each of which is set with a sapphire. The domed lid is crowned by a naked female figure holding up a cornucopia full of green-blue enameled grapes.

Riegel began an apprenticeship as a metal engraver in 1887 and studied under Fritz von Miller (18400–1921) at the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Munich from 1890. He worked in Miller’s workshop from 1895. There he made his mark with the design of liturgical objects, goblets (cf. inv. no. 5069), medals, and bowls (cf. inv. no. St.248). From 1906 he was a member of the Darmstadt artists’ colony. In 1912, the School of Arts and Crafts in Cologne finally appointed him professor of goldsmithing. In 1933, the National Socialists removed him from his post and defamed him as an artist.