Nebraskan Reliquary

Wisner Township, Nebraska
Photo, brass, wire, glass, brick, stone
Circa: 1889
Size: 28" (h) x 9" (w) x 2 3/8”
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A remarkable document comprised of a photograph and caged fragments of a brick and melted glass soldered on a brass plaque (made from a pipe) with letter-punched text recounting the burning of a church by "The Freidenkers" or Free-thinkers in Wisner Township, Nebraska.

Letter punched text reads:
ERNEST GRESSING, THIS IS THE CARPENTER THAT BUILT THE CHURCH IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER SECT 31 IN 1889.
THIS BROKEN BRICK AND BURNED GLASS IS FROM THE ST. MATTHAI LUTHERAN
CHURCH THAT WAS BUILT IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER SECTION 29. WISNER TOWNSHIP CUMING COUNTY NEBRASKA IN 1886.
AND BURNED BY "THE FREIDENKERS" THE NIGHT BEFORE IT WAS TO BE DEDICATED.
THREE MEN ON HORSEBACK TUTCH HER OFF AND WENT WEST ALL THE HORSES CAN BRING.
WAS SEEN BY A LADY ON THE S.W. Q SECTION 30. WISNER TOWNSHIP ABOUT 11.P. M.
MEN FROM 1 . OR 1000. LODGES CALLED THEMSELF FREIDENKERS. THE CHURCH IN THE S.W. CORNER SECTION 31.
WAS GARDED FOR 2 . WEEKS WITH A CROSS BARREL. 1889

Provenance: Joshua Lowenfels Works of Art

Condition: Excellent.

Price: $12,500.00

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