Vitrine 4
Sugar - sweet & precious
Description
Sugar was imported in the 18th century from Central and South America and the Caribbean, where sugar cane was grown on large plantations. Production was based - just like cotton cultivation - on the slave trade with African workers.
Sugar was an expensive luxury good for the upper class; the poorer population sweetened with honey and thickened fruit juice. Because of its preciousness, sugar was presented on the table in elaborate vessels. The larger pieces of sugar, made by crushing sugar cones, were offered in sugar bowls and tins. Finely crushed sugar was effectively distributed on the dishes with the sugar shaker or the sprinkling spoon.
Selection
1: Group portrait of the family Peter and Anna Burckhardt-Forcart
2: Tea caddy
3: Samovar
4: Teapot with chinoiseries
5: Pot with a saucer
6: Kumme (Swivel bowl)
7: Sugar bowl
8: Sugar bowl
9: Sugar bowl with spoon rack
10: Sugar tongs
11: Sugar bowl with spoon rack
12: Sugar bowl with spoon rack
13: Sugar sprinkling spoon
14: Sugar shaker
15: Sugar shaker
16: Sugar shaker