Coffeepot ca. 1740 Hungarian, Érsekújvár Coffee was first brought to Europe from Arabia. The Viennese claim that they looted sacks of coffee beans after the Ottomans withdrew following a failed siege in 1683. It was an Armenian merchant, possibly born in Istanbul, who founded Austria’s first coffeehouse in 1685. Precious silverware was the perfect medium to serve this exotic beverage to fashionable and affluent patrons. The maker’s knowledge of contemporary Italianate Baroque architecture is clearly visible in the coffeepot’s shape: the body rests like a palace tower on an oval stand. The bold
Coffeepot ca. 1740 Hungarian, Érsekújvár Coffee was first brought to Europe from Arabia. The Viennese claim that they looted sacks of coffee beans after the Ottomans withdrew following a failed siege in 1683. It was an Armenian merchant, possibly born in Istanbul, who founded Austria’s first coffeehouse in 1685. Precious silverware was the perfect medium to serve this exotic beverage to fashionable and affluent patrons. The maker’s knowledge of contemporary Italianate Baroque architecture is clearly visible in the coffeepot’s shape: the body rests like a palace tower on an oval stand. The bold curved spout is closed with a hinged cover to keep the contents European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, London, July 6, 1981, p. 44, no. H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 102, no. ér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 662 [maker’s mark].[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]. Coffeepot 237037
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