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Handicrafts and paintings |
Collection of Siegfried Fuchs

Authors:
Kathrin Pallestrang,
Magdalena Puchberger,
Claudia Spring
The following objects were returned to the representative of the community of heirs on 13 December 2016:

Wood relief showing the Holy Trinity, Moravia (Czech Republic), 19th cent.
Relief: Holy Trinity enthroned
probably Moravia, Czech Republic, 19th cent.
wood, carved, mounted and partially gilded; in a box with glass
38.5 × 27 × 7 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44079


Zither with bulged corpus on one side (Salzburg shape), 18th cent.
Musical instrument: zither (Salzburg shape)
18th cent.
wood, iron, brass, canvas
54 cm × 7–21 × 2 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44080


Faience plate with depiction of houses and trees, western Slovakia, c. 1700
Flat plate, western Slovakia, c. 1700
faience, dia: 24.5 cm, h: 2.5 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44081


Ceramic of a doe next to a tree with fruit, Vyškov, Czech Republic, 18th
Sculpture: doe next to fruit tree
Vyškov, Czech Republic, 18th cent.
faience, 11 × 13 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44083


Bottle with screw cap in the shape of a čutura with geometric chasing, Hungary, probably 19th cent.
Screw-cap bottle
Hungary, probably 19th cent.
pewter, 17 × 11 × 5 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44084


Glass with wax coating and ornamental strip and painted wax garland, probably Burgenland, c. 1790
Glass with wax coating and embossing
probably Burgenland, c. 1790
glass, hand-blown, wax, painted
h: 18.5 cm, dia: 10 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44085


Droplet earrings, probably south-eastern Europe, early 20th cent.
Pair of droplet earrings
probably south-eastern Europe, early 20th cent.
copper, brass
6 × 2 × 1.5 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44287/a-b


Button with filigree work made of wire on a base, probably 19 cent.
Filigree button
probably 19th cent.
probably white copper
dia: 3 cm, l: 3 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44289


Oil painting showing the recruitment of peasants for military service, unknown artist, probably Lower Austria, date 184(9)
Painting: Peasants drawing lots before the army medical commission
black frame with gold trim (framing probably done in the museum)
unknown artist
probably Lower Austria, date 184(9)
Inscription: “Die erste Lösung. Der Bauer: Mir san holt no net gübt in den Spiel”
oil on sheet metal
42 × 54.5 × 2.5 cm (with frame)
inventory number: ÖMV/44932


Oil painting showing an 1848 revolutionary wishing to sell his uniform, which the dealer doesn’t want because he has too many. The junk dealer is shown stereotypically as a Jewish peddler, probably Lower Austria/Vienna, dated 1849, signed “Bauer”
Painting: Academic legionnaire in 1848 offers a peddler (shown stereotypically as a Jewish junk dealer) his uniform
in a black frame with gold trim (probably framed in the museum)
sign. Bauer
Inscription: “Wai! nur kane solche Uniform mehr”
Probably Lower Austria/Vienna, date 1849
oil on sheet metal
42 × 54.5 × 2.5 cm (with frame)
inventory number: ÖMV/44933


The following objects were found during extensive depot work in 2021 and will be handed over to the community of heirs in the near future:

Velvet belt with silver braid sewn on and decorative brass and lead rosettes, glass beads, 19th cent.
Belt
19th cent.
velveteen, silver, brass, lead, glass beads
78 × 5.3 cm; metal trim 2.5 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44283


Hairpins with ball head, south-eastern Europe, c. 1900
Hairpin
probably Adriatic coast, south-eastern Europe, c. 1900
brass, pearls
13 × 2 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44284

Hairpin
probably Adriatic coast, south-eastern Europe, c. 1900
brass, pearls
13 × 2 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44285


Droplet earrings from Istria, c. 1900
Droplet earrings
Istria (Croatia), c. 1900
probably brass
5.5 × up to 4 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44286/a-b


Silver tin with screw top for oil from the grave of St Walburga in Eichstätt (Bavaria), used as a healing remedy, 18th or 19th cent.
Screw-top tin for St Walburga oil
southern Germany, 18th/19th cent.
silver, with engraving “SWB” for Sancta Walburga
3.5 (with ring) × 1.5 cm
inventory number: ÖMV/44288

History of the objects in the museum: use of the illegally acquired Siegfried Fuchs collection
 

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