Lot 110A
  • 110A

A transparent-enamelled beaker with view of Josefsbad in Baden attributed to Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, circa 1825

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • 12.2cm., 4¾in.
the waisted cylindrical form with a gilt titled view Vue du bain de Joseph devant le Frauenthor à Baden., against an amber-stained panel below a scene of buildings within an amber rectangular panel gilt with formal leaves, the reverse with amber band below the gilt edged rim with arcaded border, a narrow amber band below with meandering gilt vine tendril, above a cogwheel foot heightened in gilding and part amber-stained star-cut base 

Literature

Dietmar Zoedler, 'Ansichtengläser von Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851): Baden bey Wien', Weltkunst, no.21, 1st November 1988, p.3317, fig.5

Condition

There is a very small area of rubbing to the gilded rim on the left side behind the painted panel; some minor rubbing to the vine tendril and to the edges of the palisade flutes, otherwise generally in good condition overall
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Catalogue Note

For an illustration of this beaker see  P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 231