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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Beaker

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851), formerly a painter at the Vienna Porcelain Factory in Austria, opened a studio about 1813 that produced finely painted glass beakers, mostly intended as smart souvenirs. This beaker, signed ‘A:K:’, depicts a view of St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a popular subject of the time. Kothgasser employed a small team of painters who specialised in painting in translucent enamels that could be fired at relatively low temperature.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cut, stained, enamelled and gilt glass
Brief description
Beaker (Ranftbecher), Austria (Vienna), painted by Anton Kothgasser, 1830
Physical description
Employing the technique of painting in translucent enamels that had been re-introduced by Samuel Mohn in 1806, Anton Kothgasser, formerly a gilder (painter?) at the Vienna Porcelain Factory, opened a studio about 1913 that produced painted glasses and employed a small team of painters. This beaker is signed A:K: and depicts a view of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a popular subject of the time. Signed "A:K:"
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.2cm
  • Maximum width: 8.2cm
Height 11.2 cm Width 8.2 cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'La cathèdrale de St.Etienne à Vienne' (Decoration)
Gallery label
Anton Kothgasser had been employed as a porcelain painter at the Vienna Porcelain Factory. Employing the technique of painting in translucent enamels that had been re-introduced by Samuel Mohn in 1806, Anton Kothgasser, formerly employed as a painter at the Vienna Porcelain Factory, opened a studio around 1813 that employed a small team to produce the painted glasses. This beaker depicts a view of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a subject popular at the time.
Subject depicted
Summary
Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851), formerly a painter at the Vienna Porcelain Factory in Austria, opened a studio about 1813 that produced finely painted glass beakers, mostly intended as smart souvenirs. This beaker, signed ‘A:K:’, depicts a view of St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a popular subject of the time. Kothgasser employed a small team of painters who specialised in painting in translucent enamels that could be fired at relatively low temperature.
Bibliographic reference
Gläser der Empire - und Biedermeirerzeit - G.E. Pazaurek (1923;fig.170) 'Glass of Four Centuries', M. Kovacek; 1985 'Die Einschreibebüchlein des Weiner Glas und Porzellanmakus(?) Anton Kothgasser', Karlsruhe
Other number
9368 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.155-1939

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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