Panel
1850-1880 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This panel may have been part of the process used to make a carriage clock panel. It 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, copper-gilt |
| Brief description | copper, electrotype, London, Jean Julien Faucherre, 1850-1880; made for a clock |
| Physical description | Panel, electrotype, copper- gilt, retangular, reverse image of design with name "Faucherre sc " back to front. Raised central, oval cartouche of a pair of lovers flirting beneath a tree with a grand mansion in the background. All within a raised shield bordered by wreaths of floral decoration within an outer scrolled border. Wax covers the back. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "Faucherre sc " in reverse |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Jeanne Faucherre |
| Object history | This object is part of a group of items from the workshop of Jean Julien Faucherre. ( M4 - 24 - 2009 ) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This panel may have been part of the process used to make a carriage clock panel. It 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.7-2009 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2009 |
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