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Scissors Grinder
Lost Art-ID
208308
Artist
Lücke, Carl August (der Ältere)
Place of activity
Schwerin
First mentioned
1688
Title
Scissors Grinder
Datierung
1700-1730
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
ivory : wood / carved : turned : stained
Measures
11,5 cm Höhe Figur; 15 cm Breite Figur; 3,2 cm Höhe Gestell; 17,5 cm Breite Gestell
Height
11.00 cm
Width
15.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 190
Description
Scissors grinder with barrow and dog, on a black wooden pedestal with ivory feet; the grinder smokes a pipe, the lid of which dangles on a delicate chain made by the master turner Jusatz from Gotha; signed on the pedestal as "CALük".
Provenance
According to the 1830 and 1858 inventories, the object used to belong to duke August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1830, fol. 8r, Nr. 13; Inventar 1858, Bd.I, Kap. XXV, Nr. 68; Aldenhoven Plastik, Elfenbein Nr. 190
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Anastasia Yurchenko
Position
Provenienzforscherin
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 328
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
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