AN ANTIQUE GILT AUSTRIAN GLASS BEAKER (RANFTBECHER) AFTER ANTON KOTHGASSER, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY the glass beaker (ranftbecher) of flared form, on a cog-wheel cut foot and star-cut and amber-stained base, the central section depicting the meeting of Napoleon and Francois II after the Battle of Austerlitz, based on the 1812 painting Entrevue de Napoleon et de Francois II apres la bataille d'Austerlitz (4 decembre 1805) by Baron Jean-Antoine Gros, enclosed by a transparent yellow border with gold foliage, inscribed below Napoleon et Francois II apres la Bataille / d'Austerlitz 4 decembre 1805 in French; height: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)