Beaker with a View of Vienna
Artist: Gottlob Samuel Mohn (German, 1789-1825)
Date: 1814
Dimensions:
H: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Medium: Transparent colorless glass, blown, painted with transparent enamel, gilded, cut, and polished.
Place of Origin: Austria
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2004.8
DescriptionColorless glass beaker of cylindrical form, the body, decorated with silver-yellow stained edging, painted brown foliage border, chevron border, and a black fly, the reserve containing the polychrome, transparent painted view "Ansicht von Wien bei dem Stubenthore" with the designation below, at the bottom right signed: G Mohn f. 1814.
Colorless glass beaker of cylindrical form, the body decorated with silver-yellow stained edging, painted brown foliage border, chevron border, and a black fly, the reserve containing the polychrome, transparent painted view "Ansicht von Wien bei dem Stubenthore" with the designation below, at the bottom right signed: G. Mohn f. 1814.
Colorless glass beaker of cylindrical form, the body decorated with silver-yellow stained edging, painted brown foliage border, chevron border, and a black fly, the reserve containing the polychrome, transparent painted view "Ansicht von Wien bei dem Stubenthore" with the designation below, at the bottom right signed: G. Mohn f. 1814.
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