Goblet with cover

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 69.1246.1-2
Artist/Maker:
Kothgasser, Anton (1769 - 1851) / worshop
Inscription: nincs
Materials: colourless lead glass
Techniques: blown; gilt; ground; silver stained
Dimensions:
height: 10,5 cm
opening diameter: 7,5 cm
magasság (fedél): 4 cm
The top and foot diameters are identical the cup narrows in the middle. The bottom is decorated with oval faceting, while the surface shows motifs of silver staining and gilding: sun, with a "bon jour" inscription in the middle. There are two gilt stripes above the bottom and a silver-yellow field of gilt stars below the top rim. The field is framed with a gilt line at the top and a wave at the bottom. A cup of identical shape and a similar decoration is now in the Hamburg Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 3.8. (Varga Vera)