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Fragment of a candlestick leg, inv. no. Вст. 1627/8: photo 1 of 5
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Metal · Church plate

Fragment of a candlestick leg

Inv. no. Вст. 1627/8 · Metal

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The fragment is of silver-toned metal, hollow, ornamented in its lower part with relief acanthus leaves, and decorated in its upper part with an image of two cherubim. The upper and lower edges are round in cross-section, with curved-out rims. Full description

Date
18th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Casting, engraving, soldering
Dimensions
9.8x5; d1-2; d2-2.5

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

The fragment is of silver-toned metal, hollow, ornamented in its lower part with relief acanthus leaves, and decorated in its upper part with an image of two cherubim. The upper and lower edges are round in cross-section, with curved-out rims.

Note: the object belonged to the pre-war (pre-1941) part of the collection of the H. S. Skovoroda Historical Museum; it was evacuated in 1941 and returned to Kharkiv in November 1944.

Record

Inventory number
Вст. 1627/8
Title
Fragment of a candlestick leg
Collection group
Metal · Church plate
Date
18th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Casting, engraving, soldering
Dimensions
9.8x5; d1-2; d2-2.5
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Orthodoxy

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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