Artist: Alois Johann Nepomuk Würth
Date: 1809
Museum: MAK – Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna, Austria)
Technique: Metal
The purpose of this centerpiece is to mark the center of the table. It consists of 4 bottles, 2 bowls, 2 salt containers, one sugar sprinkler, and a mustard pot. A female figure ascending in the center is holding up a further, larger bowl. Confection, pastry, or fruit was served in the bowls. The bottles usually contained alcoholic beverages and sometimes they were also used to serve vinegar and oil. Hence, people seated at the table could serve themselves according to their wishes.This Classicistic centerpiece was created by Alois Johann Nepomuk Würth, member of one of the most important Viennese silversmith dynasties.
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