Between 1941 and 1943, the MAK purchased a number of silver artifacts from the Dorotheum, including two candelabra. The only cue regarding their provenance was the number given on the invoice. The Austrian State Archives’ holdings comprise a card index recording a large part of the so-called § 14 deliveries. This file concerns all those objects of precious metal as well as pearls and jewels which persons persecuted by the Nazi regime as Jews were forced to hand over in 1939/1940.
 

In September 2007, the Dorotheum and the contact department of the Vienna Jewish Community finished the project dedicated to the digitization of this card index. Subsequently, the invoice number concerning the candelabra could be attributed to Erny and Richard Gombrich from Vienna. Further research confirmed that the two candelabra had been in their possession until 1939.
 

On 7 March 2008, the Advisory Board recommended to restitute the two candelabra to the heirs-at-law of Erny and Richard Gombrich, which was effected on 26 February 2009.