A transparent-enamelled beaker with a view of St. Helena and the chateaux of Baden attributed to Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, circa 1830

the waisted cylindrical form painted with buildings within a landscape framed by a rectangular amber-stained panel gilt with formal leaves, above a white panel inscribed Vue de St.Helena et de ses Anciens Chateaux près de Baden, the reverse with an amber-stained gilt arcaded border below the gilt rim above a narrow amber band with meandering gilt vine tendril, over a cogwheel foot heightened in gilding and part amber-stained star-cut base 

Dietmar Zoedler, 'Ansichtengläser von Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851)', Weltkunst, No.21, 1st November 1988, p.3317, fig.2

The gilding is typically partially rubbed on the rim, especially along the top edge; there is also an area of vertical rubbing to the back within the meandering vine tendril; otherwise it is generally in good condition
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For an illustration of this beaker see  P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 233