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ATTR. TO ANTON KOTHGASSER (1769-1851): A VIENNESE ENAMELLED AND GILT GLASS BEAKER the transparentmalerei clear glass Austrian (Vienna) beaker circa 1820, painted in grisaille enamels with an oval panel depicting a moonlit landscape with a pair of turtledoves, with in a gilt border designed as a serpent, with gilt lettering below 'Unzertrennlich' with further lettering to the reverse 'nur bey dir und mit dir' “Inseparable / Only by you and with you,” 11.5cm high Footnote: For a near identical beaker signed by Kothgasser is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inv. No. 27.185.268 The jewel-like quality of the detailed miniature painting and radiant gilt highlights of this Ranftbecher demonstrate why Viennese glass of this period is so highly prized.
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