Apr 13 - Nov 7.Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered. Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
There are over 300 items (wine coolers, tureens, cloches, candelabra, candlesticks, dozens of plates, porcelain-mounted cutlery, and other kinds of tableware) from the set made for Duke Albert Casimir of Sachsen–Teschen (1738–1822) and his consort, Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria (1742–1798), daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, by the Imperial court goldsmith Ignaz Josef Würth.
from the webpage: Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered
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