Körmöczi Katalin szerk.: Historical Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum 3 - From the End of the Turkish Wars to the Millennium - The history of Hungary in the 18th and 19th centuries (Budapest, 2001)

ROOM 10. Hungary in the 18th Century (Gábor Németh)

11. Insigna of the Order of St Stephen, founded by Maria Theresia; the example worn by the queen herself, 1764 12. Porcelain and gold coffee-service, given as a present by Maria Theresia, 2nd half of the 18th century too). There are also medals commemorating the homage of Transylvania and its elevation to the status of a grand duchy (1745); the organizing of a Transylvanian border-guard force (1762); and the establishment of the Order of Maria Theresia (1757) and the Order of St Stephen (1764) (Fig. 11). Both orders of chivalry promoted the cultivation of links with the Hungarians. Pieces commemorating the bringing home of the Holy Dexter (1771) and the death of Maria Theresia close the series of medals struck at the royal mint at Körmöcbánya (Kremnica). The coffee service, comprising items of gilded silver and Viennese porcelain, was given by Maria Theresia to Count Antal Grassalkovich (1694-1771), a close supporter and confidant (Fig. 12). Next to it is a small, finely worked cabinet with plates of engraved glass set in gold in which the figure of a deer holds a bunch of Tokay grapes in its mouth. According to a tradition current since the Middle Ages, Tokay wine made from late gathered grapes acquired its taste and its bouquet from gold