Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 53
An enamelled topographical ranftbecher in the manner of Anton Kothgasser, circa 1820-30
5 June 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£1,500 - £2,500
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Fergus Gambon
Director
An enamelled topographical ranftbecher in the manner of Anton Kothgasser, circa 1820-30
Slightly tapering shape on a distinctive milled foot, the front panel painted in colours with a view of the Stephansdom or St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, within a solid gold frame, the reverse with a border of gothic arcading in amber stain and gilding, inscribed above the base in gilding 'Domkirche zu St Stephan in Wien', the underside of the base star cut and stained in amber, 11.2cm high
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Provenance
Private collection, Vienna, 1930s, and thence by family descent to the present owner
An example with the same view and an identical gothic border is illustrated by Paul von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser (2009), p.286, fig.170. Curiously, the present lot shows a plain gold frame around the painted panel instead of the usual distinctive Viennese border favoured by the Kothgasser workshop.
