Siberian Federal University 
- Issue
- Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (9)
- Authors
- Bykova, Julia I.
- Contact information
- Bykova, Julia I.: The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site Moscow, Russian Federation;
- Keywords
- jewelry; goldsmith; Empress Elizabeth Petrovna; Russian Imperial Court
- Abstract
The article analyzes the work of free foreign goldsmiths working under the imperial order in the middle of the 18th century. The study of archival documents made it possible to introduce new information about the biography and activities of these jewelers into scientific circulation. The study showed that, despite the presence of court workshops where “full-time” craftsmen worked, there was a need for free jewelers. Most of the free goldsmiths were in the city workshop. It was found that jewelers differed in the nature of their activities: someone, like the Dunkel brothers, Jeremy Pozier, Louis David Duval, had awareness in gemstones, selling both the stones themselves and jewelry to the court (not always created by themselves), which brought them closer to merchants; someone was able to work well with metal himself (Johann Zart, Sebastian Stuhlberger, Georg Friedrich Eckart, etc.)
- Pages
- 1774–1781
- EDN
- KLMYEW
- Paper at repository of SibFU
- https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/153768
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