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Bread stamp
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Arts and crafts / Further kinds of arts and crafts
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
ÖMV/46087
Description
Bread stamp made from elm, disc with a 9.8 cm diameter filled with chip carving: circle subdivided to form 5 square and 4 triangular fields: the center square with circular pattern (interior part broken off), the upper and lower field each contain a wide-bordered cross with the negative lettering
И
B I
I
in the left field is a cross potent, in the right field a cross potent with the negative letters I. X. N. K. On the reverse a round handle with a small procura stamp X. 3. [broken off]. N. Greece.
Height
4.9 cm
Width
10 cm
Period
1st half of the 19th Century, 2nd half of the 19th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
unknown
Means of acquisition not clear
Provenance according to museum / collection
Collection of Greek embroidery and wood carvings, Arthur Haberlandt from Athens
Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art
No decision has been reached so far.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
The procurement of this object in Athens by Director Arthur Haberlandt and its transport was only made possible by the German Embassy in Athens. However, no documentary evidence exists to prove its provenance or any form of payment. Therefore, this object is to be considered looted/expropriated.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism