Anton Kothgasser

1769 Vienna - 1851 Vienna

  • Title Light shade painted with a view of the Michaelerplatz in Vienna
  • Date Vienna, c. 1820
  • Dimensions Height 32.5 cm, stand 14.1 cm x 8.2 cm
  • Provenance Anton Kothgasser
  • Literature Ausstellung Bürgersinn und Aufbegehren, Historisches Museum Wien, 1987/88, p. 238, no. 6/1/17, 6/1/18
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Desk set consisting of one paperweight with a view of the City of Vienna by Balthasar Wigand an inkpot, a pot and cover and steel insert, a pot with handle and cover, a bell and a wool spindle Vienna, c. 1820

All objects are in granite with polished steel. The paperweight with a miniature watercolour under glass by Balthasar Wigand with view of the city of Vienna from the terrace and gardens in front of the Schwarzenberg Palace. Black panel with white inscription; "Wien". Dimensions of paperweight: 12 x 8 cm, pots: height 11.5 to 15.5 cm. Height of bell 9.5 cm, Height of spindle 25 cm.

Literature: Ausstellung Bürgersinn und Aufbegehren, Historisches Museum Wien, 1987/88, fig. 6/6/4, paperweight with similar shape and watercolour, No. 12/1/53 with this view