Tomb of Alexander and Kasylda Oskierko, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Tomb of Alexander and Kasylda Oskierko, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Tomb of Aleksander and Kasylda Oskierko

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tomb of Alexander and Kasylda Oskierko, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

ID: NGR-008658-P

Tomb of Aleksander and Kasylda Oskierko

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

A rectangular tomb framed by a high foundation at the front, enclosed at the back by a wall with architectural detail, the sides of which are flanked by three faults and continue to the front by a cast-iron fence. The tomb wall on axis with pediment, in whose field a medallion with a coat of arms framed by palm leaves. Above, an unpreserved cast-iron cross on an elaborate pedestal, below an ear-shaped, stepped frame with truncations, in which is a granite plaque with an engraved inscription. The sides of the wall, joined to the pediment by simplified drains, pass into plinths on which flaming urns. Urns on semicircular moulded feet with shafts accentuated by a pearl band. The canopy at the bottom framed by stylised palmettoes, the band above with raised drapery. In the space formed by the tomb wall, faults and cast-iron fence with two vertical elements - a tombstone, at the head of which is a cross on a plinth and base. Latin cross, on a monumentalised plinth. Plinth with chamfered upper edges. Diagonal gravestone slab on base. On it a shallow panel with profiled corners, framed by an engraved frame. In it a relief inscription. On the inside of the fence, a cast-iron bench fixed on an axis to the front. On the left a five-step staircase leading to a gate that has not been preserved.

Inscription:

1. GRÓB / ALEKSANDRA / OSKIERKI //.
2. + / Ś. P. / ALEKSANDER OSKIERKA / 1830 - 1911 //.
3. + / Ś. P. / KASYLDA / OSKIERCZANKA / 1872 - 1897 //.

Related persons:

Aleksander Oskierko
Kasylda Oskierko

Time of origin:

ca. 1911-1914

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 11b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 10

Dimensions:

476 x 385 x 395 cm

Additional dimensions:

Vertical element: H: 270, D: 158, width: 80; vase: H: 100.

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

The base plate of the plinth made of granite, concrete and cast iron, the inscription plaque made of granite.

Additional information:

In the file of Wacław Wejtka, under the letter O, card number 96, dated 1936. According to the file, the location of the gravestone is the sector "from the Żyliński chapel, path to the left".

State of preservation:

numerous cavities

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Non-preserved tombstone finial.

Bibliography:

Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021, pod literą O, karta nr 96.
Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, 326-328.

Keywords:

tomb, cross (on a plinth), gravestone, headband, board

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Izabella Niemira, Urszula Staszkop, Łukasz Tarkowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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