A transparent-enamelled beaker with view of Schönbrunn, Vienna attributed to Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, circa 1820

the waisted cylindrical form painted with a view of the park of the Palace of Schönbrunn, entitled Vue de la Gloriette au jardin de Schönbrun, within a rectangular amber-stained panel gilt with formal leaf borders, the reverse with a lateral amber band with meandering gilt vineleaf tendril, the gilt rim above gilt rosettes within a crenellated band, all above a cogwheel foot highlighted in gilding, amber-stained star-cut base

Dietmar Zoedler, 'Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851): Wiener Vedutengläser', Weltkunst, no.21, 1st November 1987, pp.3158-3159, ill.pl.6

Some typical rubbing to the gilding on the rim and on the edges of the serrated foot, otherwise generally in good condition overall
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The view of the Gloriette is taken from an etching by Johann Ziegler (c.1750-1812) after a watercolour by Laurenz Janscha (1749-1812).

For an illustration of this beaker see  P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 207