Sample
1850-1880 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This sample, which may have been made as a demonstration of skilful engraving and etching, 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.
It has been suggested that this piece might have been intended to be a mount on a box or trophy stand.
It has been suggested that this piece might have been intended to be a mount on a box or trophy stand.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Copper, etched and engraved |
| Brief description | etched and engraved copper, London, by Jean Julien Faucherre, 1850-1880 |
| Physical description | Sample, copper, engraved and etched. Shield shaped form with stem formed of acanthus leaves on rectanglar foot of scrolling foliage. Within the shield a scene of a deer being chased from a river by a pack of hounds. One hound has caught the deer and is biting into his back. Wax attached to back of design. Inscribed "etched and engraved". |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'etched and engraved' (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 sample, which may have been made as a demonstration of skilful engraving and etching, 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. It has been suggested that this piece might have been intended to be a mount on a box or trophy stand. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.13-2009 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2009 |
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