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| Keywords: German - Presentoir and Serving Fork - Walters 571565.jpg With handles made from precious luminescent amber these utensils for a servant to serve meat at a banquet rise above their function Like other cutlery made of precious materials they were also displayed for their artistry They bear the arms of the Palatine Electors and were probably made for use at their court in Heidelberg The German coast of the Baltic Sea was the primary source for amber at this period The gathering and working of this highly prized material were controlled by the duchy of Prussia so it is likely that these utensils were crafted in the Prussian cities Königsberg present day Kaliningrad Byelorussia or Danzig present-day Gdansk Poland Objects made from amber were valued already by the Greeks and Etruscans Although included in many princely collections by 1600 the real interest in collecting amber developed in the following century between 1580 1620 Baroque amber reverse painting on glass steel cm 53 2 accession number 57 1565 27821 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Artful Dining The Exhibition The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1994 place of origin Danzig present-day Gdansk Poland Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
