. "This decanter was used to serve mulled wine. The sculpted snake holding an apple in its mouth and resting on the scroll handle symbolizes temptation, serving as a warning not to drink too much. Restrained gilded lines emphasize the decanter\u2019s harmonious form, and the spectacular design clearly signals the imagination and technical ability of the artist, who transformed valuable metal into a work of art. Less than a dozen related vessels have survived. Ambassador Salgo owned a second example (acc. no. 2010.110.61a, b). Another decanter is owned by the Prince of Liechtenstein and is prominently displayed in the family\u2019s palace in Vienna (see Johann Kr\u00E4ftner, ed., Der F\u00FCrst als Sammler: Neuerwerbungen unter Hans-Adam II. von und zu Liechenstein. Vienna, 2010, pp. 144\u2013145, no. 57). LiteratureCatalogue of Fine European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby\u2019s, Geneva, November 10, 1981, p. 69, no. 173.Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 121, no. 98.Wolfram Koeppe in \u201CRecent Acquisitions: A Selection, 2010\u20132012.\u201D The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 70, no. 2 (Fall 2012), p. 29.ExhibitedErd\u00E9ly r\u00E9gi m\u0171v\u00E9szeti eml\u00E9keinek ki\u00E1ll\u00EDt\u00E1sa az Iparm\u0171v\u00E9szeti m\u00FAzeumban / Ausstellung alten Kunstgewerbes aus Siebenb\u00FCrgen. Exh. cat. Museum of Applied Arts. Budapest, 1931, p. 23, no. 83.ReferencesElem\u00E9r K\u0151szeghy. Magyarorsz\u00E1gi \u00F6tv\u00F6sjegyek a k\u00F6z\u00E9pkort\u00F3l 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, nos. 1286 [town mark], 1473 [maker\u2019s mark].Judit H. Kolba and Annam\u00E1ria T. N\u00E9meth. Treasures of Hungary: Gold & Silver from the 9th to the 19th Century. Exh. cat. Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York. Organized by the Smithsonoian Institution, Washington, D.C., and the Magyar Nemzeti M\u00FAzeum, Budapest. Budapest, 1986, p. 49, no. 52.[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]"@en . . "2021-02-10T00:00:00"^^ .