A transparent-enamelled beaker with view of Triest attributed to Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, circa 1825-30

the waisted cylindrical form painted with a harbour and town view within a rectangular amber-stained panel gilt with formal leaves, inscribed Triest on a white panel below, the reverse with an amber-stained arcaded band below the gilt-edged rim, above a narrow amber-stained band, over a cogwheel foot heightened in gilding and part amber-stained star-cut base

Dietmar Zoedler, 'Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851): Ranftbecher mit italienischen Veduten', Weltkunst, no.2, 15th January 1988, pp.114-115, fig.3

Some typical rubbing to the gilding on the rim and some very minor rubbing and scratches to the clear glass at the rear of the beaker, otherwise generally in good condition
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For a beaker painted with the same view, see Michael Kovacek, Glas aus fünf Jahrhunderten, 2006, pp.52-53, no.23.

For an illustration of this beaker see  P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 258