beaker

Object NameFooted Beaker (Ranftbecher)

Maker Anton Kothgasser Studio

Maker Jacob Schuhfried

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1825-1830

TechniqueBlown, cut, enameled, stained, gilded

SizeOverall H: 11.2 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm; Base Diam: 7.8 cm

Accession Number91.3.4

Credit LineGift of Mrs. K. F. Landegger

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Place Made

Austria, Vienna

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled, stained, gilded. 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 large building, identified below in gold on a yellow-orange silver-stained band, "Le Belvedere."; framed by bands of yellow-orange silver staining, decorated with gilded stylized formal foliate sprays; a yellow-orange band of silver stain across the back of the glass, below the rim, decorated with gilded repeated arcades enclosing foliate motifs; the thick foot with cut vertical grooves on the sides, outlined with gilding; the flat bottom with cut yellow-orange silver-stained star.
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