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Engraving Tool

1830-1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This tool 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

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood and steel
Brief description
wood and steel, used by Jean Julien Faucherre, Switzerland, France or England, 1850-1880
Physical description
Mushroom shaped wooden handle which has been cut in half. Steel blade with " PS STUB" and 9 impressed.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11.5cm
  • With handle width: 3.4cm
  • Depth: 2.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'PS STUB 9' (on blade)
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 )
Summary
This tool 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.11-2009

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Record createdApril 22, 2009
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