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Lantern of the dead made of brick clay
Lost Art-ID
633780
Artist / Creator
Title
Lantern of the dead made of brick clay
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Loam (brick clay) / fired
Height
19.50 cm
Inventory number
742
Description
Middle-aged lantern of the dead. Conical and of round cross-section with three circumferential „gears“.
Provenance
Formerly the Luckenwalde Local History Museum. In April 1945, during the battle for the town, the museum building was destroyed and subsequently looted; only a few objects could be salvaged. Presumably lost during the war.
Literature / Source
Foto: Erwin Schreyer (1943)
Museumsverband des Landes Brandenburg e. V. (Hrsg. (2023). Verlustsache: Märkische Sammlungen Die Brandenburger Museumslandschaften in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit. Museumsblätter. 42 (1), 67.
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Heimatmuseum Luckenwalde
Markt 11
14943 Luckenwalde
Germany
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