Two candelabras
Restitution status: Return to the heirs has occurred
Categories: Arts and crafts / Lamps
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
H.I. 29.639 / Go 1845 / 1-2
Description
Silver, cast, wrought, engraved, Prague 1804
Material
Silver
Height
27.3 cm
Width
12.8 cm
Period
1st half of the 19th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
Iwnicki, Emil and Amalie
Purchase from the Dorotheum 1938-45
Provenance according to museum / collection
February 4, 1942, acquired from the Auction House Dorotheum
Art Restitution Advisory Board
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has decided on the restitution of the art.
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has recommended that the art or cultural object is to be restored to the owners or their legal successors.
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
No decision has been reached so far.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
In its meeting of March 19, 2010 the Advisory Board unanimously reached the following decision: The Advisory Board recommends to the Federal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture that the mentioned objects be handed over to the legal successors of Emil Iwnicki. The aforementioned objects are listed in the enclosed file and designated with ‘§ 14 transfers - Emil and Amalie Iwnicki’.The two candelabras are handed over the heirs on January 23, 2014.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism