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A Pair of Altar Candlesticks
Lost Art-ID
589489
Artist / Creator
Title
A Pair of Altar Candlesticks
Dating
1666
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver)
Measures
derzeit keine Angaben vorliegend | currently no information
Description
Curved leave-shaped foot each on three ball feet, oval shield with the Eggebrecht coat of arms, figural stem as Bishop Nicholas, inscription: „Dominus Brandanus Eggebrecht I v. Cand.“ „1666“, on the figural stand of one candlestick the figure Hamburg city mark and an indistinct maker's mark (flying swan?).
Provenance
Wismar St. Nikolai. With other communion devices since June 9, 1942 of Geistliche Hebungen (the city of Wismar) stored in a box in the safe of the Sparkasse of Wismar. August 16, 1945 opening of the safe by order of the commandant of the Russian troops, confiscation of the interior. Recommendation to the Superior Council of the Church of Mecklenburg, and in this respect to Colonel General Fedjuninski as Chief of the military administration for Mecklenburg. [...]. Whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Die Kunst- und Geschichts-Denkmäler des Grossherzogthums Mecklenburg-Schwerin, bearb. v. Friedrich Schlie. Bd. II, Schwerin 1899, S. 154: Nr. 8 und 9.
Quelle: Brief der Geistlichen Hebungen Wismar an die Landessuperintendentur Wismar vom 28. 8. 1945.
Published since
Contact
Landeskirchenamt der Ev.-Luth. Nordkirche
Dezernat Bauwesen, Bau- und Denkmalpflege
Außenstelle Schwerin
Münzstraße 8-10
19055 Schwerin
Germany
Phone
+49 385 20223-150
Homepage
Contact
Dr. Antje Heling-Grewolls
Position
Referentin für Kunst- und Kulturgut
Phone
+49 385 20223-150
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