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beaker

Object NameBeaker (Ranftbecher) with a View of Prague

Maker Anton Kothgasser Studio

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1820

Techniqueblown, cut, enameled, gilded, stained

SizeOverall H: 11 cm; Rim Diam: 8.4 cm; Foot Diam: 7.7 cm

Accession Number91.3.3

Credit LineGift of Mrs. K. F. Landegger

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

probably Bohemia (glass); Austria, Vienna (enameled)

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled, gilded, stained. Waisted, cylindrical shape, with thick, flared foot; the rim polished and gilded; the sides decorated with a rectangular panel containing a transparent-enameled, minutely-detailed view of a town square, with a large building with tower and clock at the left, the dome and twin spires of a church in the center background, and the facade and spires of another church at the right; identified in gold script on a yellow silver-stained panel below: "Ansicht des Hauptplatzes von der Altstadt Prag"; the view framed on the top and sides with narrow yellow silver-stained bands decorated with gilded formal foliate devices; a gilded arcade band with pendant arrows and foliage around the reverse side, below the rim; gilded band on the foot; the sides of the foot decorated with cut vertical grooves; the bottom flat, with cut and yellow silver-stained star.
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