Panel
1850-1880 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This panel, which may have been made for the side of a clock, is one of a group of objects from the workshop of the Swiss engraver, Jean Julien Faucherre (1805-1891). He was born and trained in Switzerland but worked in France from about 1830 to 1841 when he settled in London. In 1857, he was described as a master watch engraver but the surviving material, although including watch dials, demonstrates wider involvement in the silversmithing trade from electrotyped dressing table boxes to engraved panels for carriage clocks. It is very rare to find so much documented material from one of the smaller suppliers to the trade. His work would have been largely anonymous and sold under the name of larger silversmiths or retailers of the Victorian period.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Electrotype, engraved and silvered copper |
| Brief description | silvered copper, electrotype, London, Jean Julien Faucherre, 1850-1880; made for a clock |
| Physical description | Oblong electrotype panel of engraved and silvered copper for a carriage clock. The design of the central cartouche is of hunting trophies hanging from a ribbon bow; a hare, a game bird, a horn, pistol and knife surrounded by a floral wreath. Outside the cartouche, scrolls, stylised flowers and leaves form a wide border. The reverse is covered in a layer of wax. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'EC silvered' (Inscribed on wax.) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Jeanne Faucherre |
| Object history | This is one of a group of objects from the workshop of Jean Julien Faucherre (M. 4 -24,-2009 ) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This panel, which may have been made for the side of a clock, is one of a group of objects from the workshop of the Swiss engraver, Jean Julien Faucherre (1805-1891). He was born and trained in Switzerland but worked in France from about 1830 to 1841 when he settled in London. In 1857, he was described as a master watch engraver but the surviving material, although including watch dials, demonstrates wider involvement in the silversmithing trade from electrotyped dressing table boxes to engraved panels for carriage clocks. It is very rare to find so much documented material from one of the smaller suppliers to the trade. His work would have been largely anonymous and sold under the name of larger silversmiths or retailers of the Victorian period. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.4-2009 |
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| Record created | April 21, 2009 |
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