A transparent-enamelled beaker with view of the tollgate in Prague attributed to Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, circa 1830-35

the waisted cylindrical form painted with a gilt titled view of buildings and a square, inscribed below Der Pulverthurm mit dem neuen Mauthaus in Prag, all within a narrow amber-stained rectangular panel with gilt foliate decoration, the reverse with gilt C-scrolls and palmettes below the gilt-edged rim, above a cogwheel foot with part amber-stained star-cut base

with Hanke, 1976

Dietmar Zoedler, ' Biedermeiergläser mit Transparentmalerei: Prager Veduten', Weltkunst, no.24, 15th December 1988, p.3752, fig.2

there is some typical rubbing to gilding; there are three repaired chips to the rim (0.4cm x 0.3cm and 0.3cm x 0.2cm); there is a diagonal scratch to the enamel in the lower right corner (0.5cm), and two light lateral scratches to the enamel of the central part (0.7cm and 0.4cm), otherwise in good condition
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The gilt C-scroll decoration is considered by some to be a late feature on Kothgasser's transparent-enamelled beakers. The present lot may be the work of a painter and gilder from the workshop of Anton Kothgasser.

For an illustration of this beaker see  P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 247