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 an architectural view of a Viennese embankment with the Imperial-Royal Polytechnical Institute (now Vienna University of Technology) and Karlskirche in the background, based on the engraving Wienfluss am Karlsplatz by Stich von J. F. Wizzoni (Vienna: Geschichte in Bilddokumenten, Verlag C.H. Beck, 1822), enclosed by a transparent yellow border with gold foliage, inscribed below Das Polytechnische Institut in Wien in German; height: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)