Fine porcellain soup bowls from a vast collection which is on display in the Hofburg Silver Collection Museum of the Hapsburg dynasty. The museum contains not only the silverware used by the Hapsburgs but also goldware for the Imperial table (some shown in my pic 163) and a large collection of fine porcelain dinner , tea/coffe sets, and other ware many with the 2-headed eagle, emblem of the Hapsburg family.
As far back as the 15th century, the Silver Chamber at the Habsburg court was supervised by a Master of the Silver Chamber. Over the course of time the Silver Chamber gained in importance. Its various responsibilities were divided between the Court Kitchen, the Court Confectionery, the Court Linen Room, the Court Cellars, the Court Silver and Table Room, the Court Depot of Victuals, the Court Firewood and Coal Depot and the Court Light Room.
After the end of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918 the court household was dissolved and the imperial holdings passed into the ownership of the Austrian Republic. While a number of items were sold off, the majority remained in the Court Silver and Table Room.
