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Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin Court cellar accounts and correspondence of the Prussian royal cellar Reading-room photographs by the author; free use with the call number given. Credit: Bild: GStA PK, [Signatur] gsta.spk-berlin.de
Die Schatullrechnungen Friedrichs des Großen, perspectivia.net Transcriptions and facsimiles of the privy-purse accounts CC BY 4.0, per item perspectivia.net
Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden Court cellar books; O’Byrn, Die Hof-Silber-Kammer und die Hof-Kellerei zu Dresden, 1880 Public Domain Mark 1.0, per object; objects marked CC BY-SA credited to SLUB Dresden digital.slub-dresden.de
Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden Cellar and household records of the Saxon court Reading-room photographs by the author, with call number; terms confirmed with the archive archiv.sachsen.de
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg Views of Sanssouci and the palace wine cellar; wine-rack labels By permission of the SPSG Bildarchiv, per image; label photographs per the licence stated on each object page. Credit: SPSG, Bildarchiv, Foto: [Name] spsg.de · museum-digital:brandenburg
Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie Zbiór Fukierów and related fonds: ledgers, inventories, correspondence Open archival data; free reuse with the source note APW, [zespół], sygn. [n] szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl
Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, Warsaw Photographs of the Fukier house and cellar, and of Warsaw between the wars Public-sector information, free reuse where the photograph itself is out of copyright; photographer and date recorded per image nac.gov.pl
Nationaal Archief, The Hague Willem van de Poll’s photographs of the Fukier cellar, 1934 CC0 / public domain. Credit: Foto: Willem van de Poll, Nationaal Archief nationaalarchief.nl
Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego, Fototeka Interior views of the Fukier cellar, 1935 By permission of the Fototeka, per image; photographer named in the caption 1944.pl
Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw — Polona Nineteenth-century Warsaw press: Kurier Warszawski, Kłosy and others Public domain polona.pl
Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Vienna Records of the imperial court cellar Reading-room photographs by the author, with call number; terms confirmed with the archive oesta.gv.at
Hungarian library collections — Arcanum, Hungaricana Hungarian wine press, chiefly Borászati Lapok and Budapesti Hírlap Consulted as sources and cited; quoted in short passages only. Page images are not reproduced here adt.arcanum.com · hungaricana.hu
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