Liepāja Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral
The unique code in the Cultural heritage register – 3729
Address: Lielā iela 9, Liepāja, Latvia
Time of origin: 1770
Place of origin: Sweden, Stockholm
Material, Technique: bronze: casting, turning, engraving, embossing
Dimensions: height – 165 cm, diameter – 100 cm
The chandelier has 32 branches: eight branches in four rows. There is an inscription on the ball of the chandelier: “ZUR EHRE GOTTES // IST DIESE KRONE // AN DIE NEUE LUTHERISCHE KIRCHE ALLHIER ZU LIEBAU, // GESCHENKET VON // CARL LUDVIG TODE // IUNGSTER SOHN VON // WEILAND JACOB TODE UND HANNA SCHEHL // GEBOHREN AN DIESEM ORT 1735 // UND IOHANNA LOVISTA TODE // IUNGSTE TOCHTEB VON // WEILAND DAVID CHRISTIAN MATTHEUS UN HEDVIG CATHARINA REYMANN // GEBOREN IN STOCKHOLM, 1751 // UND DASELBST VEREHELICHT 1768 // ******* //VERFERTIGET IN STOCKHOLM // 1770“. The ship with name and date “1765 JACOBSON” is engraved on the other side of the ball. Analogous chandelier is hanging at Valbo church, Gävleborg, Sweden.
Literature and sources:- Latvijas PSR vēstures un kultūras pieminekļu saraksts. Riga: Avots, 1984, p. 232
- Imants Lancmanis. Liepāja no baroka līdz klasicismam. Riga: Zinātne: 1983, p. 62-66, 164-167