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Tray: 30 Jahre Kaufhaus Leyser

Lost Art-ID
618196
Artist
Unknown
Title
Tray: 30 Jahre Kaufhaus Leyser
Dating
1927
Object type
Crafts and other folk arts
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Steel sheet) / engraved ; nickel-plated
Height
2.00 cm
Width
25.00 cm
Length
35.00 cm
Inventory number
1/2005/0009
Description

Tray probably made of nickel-plated sheet steel with decorations and engraving: "30 Jahre/1897-1927/Kaufhaus Leyser- Wienerstraße 64/am Görlitzer Bahnhof"

Three hand-engraved letters on the underside: "[?] M G"

Provenance
The Leyser department store at Wienerstraße 64/65 in Berlin belonged to Joseph (Josef) Leyser (born 6 July 1872, murdered 7 May 1943 in Sobibor), who was persecuted as a Jew. He was forced to close the department store in 1938. The house and property were auctioned off.
Literature / Source
Landesarchiv Berlin: WGA Akten Nr. 1113/50, 1626/50, 1627/504211/51
Published since
Contact
Joachim Breuninger
Vorstand der Stiftung
Phone
+49 30 / 439734-103
Breuninger@technikmuseum.berlin
Contact
Peter Schwirkmann
Leitung Sammlungsdienste / Provenienzforschung
Phone
+49 30 / 439734-157
Schwirkmann@technikmuseum.berlin
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