The Property of the Marquess of Lothian
A Vienna transparent-enamelled topographical beaker, Ranftbecher, circa 1815-20
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January 20, 03:48 PM GMT
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The Property of the Marquess of Lothian
A Vienna transparent-enamelled topographical beaker, Ranftbecher
circa 1815-20
of cylindrical waisted form painted with a titled view 'Vue de l'Eglise A Charles à Vienne.', within gilt and amber borders, upon a cogwheel cut foot, with amber-stained star-cut underside, signed with the monogram AK to the edge of the foot-rim for Anton Kothgasser
12cm., 4¾in. high
Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Inventory, 1901, p.121, Decorative China in Lady Lothian's Dressing Room & Ante Room; 'Engraved Tumbler', probably.
A beaker of this type painted with a different view of the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo by Gottlob Samuel Mohn, signed and dated 1816 is in the Metropolitan museum, New York, acc. no. 1982.97.4.