Lot 119
  • 119

A transparent-enamelled beaker with view of Baden bei Wien attributed to Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, circa 1830

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • 12cm., 4¾in.
the waisted cylindrical form painted with a titled view, within an amber-stained rectangular panel gilt with formal leaves, inscribed Baden on a white ground below, the reverse with gilt arcaded amber-stained border and narrow band with meandering vine tendril, above a cogwheel foot highlighted 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.3316, fig.1

Condition

some typical rubbing to gilding on the edges otherwise generally in good condition
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Catalogue Note

For an illustration of this beaker see  P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 232