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Table centrepiece with cream cups from the Monton dessert service
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The Minton Dessert Service (Room J)
This porcelain dessert service made by the Minton manufactory in England was one of the highlights of the Great Exhibition in London of 1851. Comprising 116 pieces, the service won the highest prize for its aesthetic execution. Queen Victoria purchased the service and sent part of it as a gift of friendship to Emperor Franz Joseph.
This fragile work of art with its unglazed biscuit porcelain figures and little cream or custard cups was never used at the Austrian court, the fragility of the material making this luxury item unusable for the purpose for which it was intended.
