Beaker, Austria (Vienna), probably painted by Gottlob Samuel Mohn, 1811-12

Probably painted by Gottlob Samuel Mohn. 'La Reconnaissance' (gratitude) shows a female partly-clothed in classical dress giving thanks by making an offering of fruit as a sacrifice. The initials C.K. are thought to be those of the client.Gottlob Samuel Mohn learnt the art of transperent enamelling on glass in his father's workshop, and at the Dresden Academy. In 1811 he moved to Vienna where he became famous for his beakers painted with panoramic viewsof towns, with buildings, flowers and allegorical scenes, such as this. Inscribed "La Reconnaissance"and "C.K."

Olga Drahotova says that G. S. Mohn is stylistically close to both Samuel Mohn, his father, and Kothgasser. Kothgasser, although a painter in his own right, was also at the head of a group of porcelain and/or glass painters whose group style(generic term) is also known as Kothgasser. Kothgasser is recorded in the records of the Vienna Porcelain Factory as specialising in flowers. The garlands and borders on this beaker may be more typical of the Kothgasser style which throws some doubt on the attribution for this beaker. It is an early piece and may be by either Mohns or even Kothgasser.

This beaker inscribed 'La Reconnaissance' (gratitude) shows a female partly clothed in Classical dress giving thanks by making an offering of fruit as a sacrifice. The initials ‘C.K.’ are thought to be those of the client. The beaker was probably painted by Gottlob Samuel Mohn (1789-1825), who learned the art of transparent enamelling on glass in his father's workshop in Germany, and at the Dresden Academy. In 1811 he moved to Vienna, Austria, where he became famous for his beakers painted with panoramic views of towns, buildings, flowers and allegorical scenes, such as this one.

C.154-1939