These little sculptures might originate from a pulpit that predates Heissmann or from some medieval altarpiece altogether

It is noteworthy that sculptures from some earlier carving were in turn used on the sounding board of the pulpit associated with Heissmann’s name. Two of the four evidently medieval figures on the sounding board that can be seen in old photographs have survived. These are sculptures depicting the Virgin Mary and St. Bartholomew the Apostle.

In Sten Karling’s opinion, these figures are from the pulpit of the Swedish St. Michael’s Church that preceded Heissmann. Yet it may be just as likely that these small-scale figures were taken from some altarpiece, lectern, or altogether from another object that had belonged to the Cistercian convent (which was shut down in 1630).