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Casket
Lost Art-ID
208452
Artist / Creator
Title
Casket
Dating
1685-1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Amber ; Wood ; Ivory ; Metal (Brass) ; Gypsum (Selenite) / carved ; mounted ; Verre églomisé
Height
28.50 cm
Width
24.00 cm
Depth
16.50 cm
Inventory number
K 354
Description
Square casket, decorated with ivory reliefs, originally with two wooden figures of musicians on the lid.
Provenance
Lost in 1945 - reacquired in 2007 from private ownership through the mediation of Mr. Georg Laue, Munich and with the support of the Friends of the Schlossmuseum Schloss Friedenstein Gotha e. V., the Rudolf-August Oetker Foundation and the Free State of Thuringia. Restoration with funding from the Friends of the Kulturstiftung der Länder.
Status
restituted
Literature / Source
Inventar 1717, fol. 18v-19r; Inventar 1764, fol. 16v, Nr. 75; Inventar 1830, fol. 12v, Nr. 7; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. VI, Nr. 16; Aldenhoven Plastik, Bernstein Nr. 17
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
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