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• Ignaz Josef Würth first entered the Guild in 1769. There is no date mentioned of his last entry. But his widow Theresa continued the work after his death in 1792. Würth is the maker of the famous Duke Albert Casimir of Sachsen-Teschen and his consort Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, (so-called second Sachsen-Teschen service). This was thought to be lost it in the early 20th century. It then reappeared onto the market and was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New- York (exhibition catalogue, Vienna circa 1780: An Imperial silver service rediscovered) and in the Lichtenstein Museum in Vienna. Würth was a prominent silversmith in Austria and his work compares to other European silversmiths, namely the Germains of Paris and Luigi Valadier of Rome. From these leading craftsmen he was able adapt and to interpret a Viennese Neoclassical form. 58 |

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Category: Decorative Arts / Silver

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