21/03/2020
Das Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg stellt aktuell eine wahrlich prächtige Zuckerdose, die bereits um 1900 gefertigt wurde, aus unserer Manufaktur vor. Darüber hinaus erfahrt ihr mehr über die dazugehörige maritime Geschichte der SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II., auf der dieses handgefertige Korpusstück verwendet wurde. Vorbeischauen lohnt sich also! 🚢
Do you need some sweetness? For that, we have this magnificent sugar box that belonged to the tableware of the SMY (or SMS) Hohenzollern (II), the yacht of the German Emperor Wilhelm II. The German Empire had a first representative Yacht called Hohenzollern that was built in 1880. In 1888, Wilhelm II was crowned. The new Emperor had a great passion for seafaring and the yacht, built with a paddle built propulsion, was an outdated model. A new yacht was ordered: larger, more luxurious and with a capacity to be used as warship if the need appeared. The Ship was built between 1892 and 1893 at the Vulcan shipyard in Szczecin (today's Poland). The old yacht was renamed Kaiseradler and the new one became the Hohenzollern. Between 1893 and 1914, the Emperor spent over 4 years time aboard his yacht. It was used for cruises, official visits in foreign countries and other representative actions. In 1914 a new yacht was built and launched, but never completed. It would have become the third Hohenzollern. The three yachts survived the war but were never used again and finally scrapped in 1923.
This sugar box, made of sterling silver with gold plated interior, was used by the Emperor and his prominent guests. She was custom built around 1900 by the silver manufactory Koch & Bergfeld from Bremen. The history of this company started back in 1828. They became extremely popular in the late 19th Century for their designs in Historicism and Art Nouveau styles. Nowadays they are the produces of the silver tableware for the German consulates worldwide. But their most famous creation is the trophy of the UEFA Champions League.
The sugar box and further tableware from the Hohenzollern is displayed in the Treasure Chamber of the Museum, on deck 8.
