SUMMARY 
SUGARED WATER SETS 
There were special sets for sugared water, a delicious and refreshing drink which was enjoyed in 
Austria until towards the end of the 19th Century. These sets ranged from simple glass “water sets" 
whh sugar bowls to exquisite versions in silver and glass. 
Johann Meyr, owner of several glass factories in Bohemia, was awarded a gold medal at the second 
Austrian exhibition of trade products in 1839. Alongside other exhibits, he also displayed a suqared 
water set with an oval crystal tray, a bottle, a sugar vase and two drinking beakers of violet-red glass 
Other sets for sugared water were also shown at this exhibition, including a sugared water Service 
by Count Bouquoy owner of the glass factory of Silberberg and Georgenthal in Bohemia Unfortu- 
nately none of the illustrations of this sugared water set have survived. On the other hand the Preis 
Courant of Jgnaz Vogel, glass refiner of Meistersdorf and Jägersdorf in Bohemia, also contains a 
water set in the section entitled “Diverse Liqueur and Water Sets". Apart from other items the set in- 
cluded a sugar bowl (Fig. 32, p. 50). Three versions of this water set were available: white with cut 
Corners, with gold stripes, and ruby and gold stripes. 
Two sets by the Viennese firm of Mayerhofer & Klinkosch (Figs. 33, 40, pp. 51, 55) were made of pre- 
cious materials. The silver work can be dated to 1835 and 1836 by the Viennese hallmark. The pieces 
and basic shape are similar: a triangulär tray with rounded corners and pressed feet carries the iuq 
(Fig. 37, p. 53) or glass carafe (Fig. 45, p. 58), a glass beaker with a silver lid (Fig 36 p 53 Fiq 44 
p. 57) and a silver bowl with gilded interior (Fig. 42, p. 56). Each vessel - beaker, carafe or’iug and 
bowl - is securely held by a mounting attached to the tray (Fig. 38, p. 54). 
Apart from initialling (the Lobmeyr monogram on a beaker which was probably added at a later date) 
(Fig. 46, P 58), the glasses are unmarked. However, in all probability they are of Bohemian oriqin 
and have high quality engraved decoration (Figs. 45, 46, p. 58). 
A short time ago I received a report about a third sugared water set from the 19th Century (dated 
1846) which is still referred to today as a “verre d'eau”. 
The catalogue published by “Berndorfer Metallwaarenfabirk Arth. Krupp" in 1893 contains a suqared 
water spoon (Fig. 49, p. 60, Fig. 52, p. 61), a “crusher” for sugared water (Fig. 51, p 61) and a so- 
called “Brazilian shaped sugar ladle" (Figs. 54, 55, pp. 62, 63), a “Dutch shape” (Fig. 53, p’ 62) and a 
sugared water spoon with a “Brazilian" shape (Fig. 50, p. 60). 
Individual lidded beakers of glass and silver were also put to a wide variety of purposes. A particu- 
arly fine example was produced by the well known Viennese silversmith with the maker’s mark BNR 
(= Benedikt Ranninger) (Figs. 34, 35, p. 52). 
Yet another Service is similar to the two sugared water sets mentioned above in many respects. It 
consists of a tray with a square bowl, a lidded beaker of glass and silver and a small jug. However, 
the porcelain cup would appear to indicate another use (probably for chocolate) (Fia 1 □ 8 
Figs. 47, 48, p. 59). a ' ' ’ 
SUGAR SPOON STANDS 
The term “stand” is used in various ways in the context of sugar Containers. On the one hand, it is 
used for so-called “sugar Stands", which were usually a combination of a vase or bowl shaped Con 
tainer for sugar with a device which the sugar spoon cöuld be either inserted into or suspended 
from. On the other, it was also used to refer to sugar Containers which fulfilled the function of a 
sugar bowl in a Service. For our purposes, we shall take it as read that a “sugar stand" is a sugar 
spoon stand with a sugar Container. 
Sugar Stands have been passed down to us in Contemporary illustrations (Fig. 56, p. 64, Fig. 62, 
p. 69) and in the master drawings produced by Viennese gold and silversmiths (Fig. 57, p 65 Fig 61 
p, 68, Fig. 63, p. 69). In the report on the exhibition of the year 1835, a sugar stand by Eduard von 
Wurth is described as a sugar vase with a spoon stand with 12 spoons. 
A substantial bowl of gilded silver crowned by a squirrel probably also served as a sugar Container. 
The recesses in the edge of the top and bottom parts were probably designed to take the suqar 
spoons (Figs. 58-60, pp. 66, 67). 
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