Lot 103
  • 103

A transparent-enamelled beaker with a view of the 'Spinnerin am Kreuz' near Vienna attributed to Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, circa 1820-25

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • 10.7cm., 4¼in.
the waisted cylindrical form painted with a titled view of Das Spinnerkreutz am Wienerberg, within an amber-stained rectangular border gilt with formal leaves, the reverse with amber-stained crenellated border under the gilt-edged rim and above the gilt inscription, over a cogwheel foot heightened in gilding and part amber-stained star-cut base

Provenance

with Hampel, 1978

Literature

Dietmar Zoedler, 'Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851): Wiener Vedutengläser', Weltkunst, no.21, 1st November 1987, p.3158, fig.5

Condition

Gilding rubbed on the rim, the flutes and the inscription especially; otherwise generally in good condition
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Catalogue Note

See Gustav E.Pazaurek, Gläser der Empire- und Biedermeierzeit, 1923, p.196, pl.175, for an almost identical example from the collection of Dr. F. Katz, Reichenberg.

For an illustration of this beaker see  P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 227