Sugar box
Manufactory Vienna
Factory director Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period Austrian
The Du Paquier manufactory made sugar boxes in four basic shapes, including this oval, which is also known in Meissen porcelain and likely was influenced by Baroque silver. Surviving Du Paquier tea, chocolate, and coffee services always have sugar boxes but never milk jugs, an indication that the Viennese preferred their tea sweetened but without milk.
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