Table-fountain

Three jugs with their back to each other, united at their handle. Engraved inscription on the handles: O Quam Bonum et Jucundum Bibere Fratres in unum. Another inscription on the bottom of the jugs: Csinaltata Andrássy Ferenc 1748 (“Made for Ferenc Andrássy 1748”). On the body of the jugs, painted enamel medallions with busts of men wearing crowns or turbans. Sculptural composition over the jugs: model of the castle of Krasznahorka. Small waterspouts (gargoyles) protruding from the towers of the castle. Small piston between the jugs, can be activated by raising one of the tower roofs. Then from the container forming the bottom of the fountain – now missing – wine was pumped up, and filled the jugs through the gargoyles.
The Andrássy family, of Szekler origin, received lands in North Hungary in the 16th century. Krasznahorka used to be one of their most important property centres, they received their noble name from the place as well.