A. Chicken stick
A. Huhnstock (* before 1778, † after 1806) is the artist 's signature of the gunsmith of the same name , who can be identified in Hanover from the end of the 18th century . Although he did not have the official title of “ purveyor to the court ”, he was the “favorite” for the manufacture of handguns for the personal use of the Guelphs around the royal family around King George III. of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , the Prince of Wales and later King George IV and Adolph-Friedrich, Duke of Cambridge .
Life
Little is known about the youth of Huhnstock. He worked at the time of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg ("Kurhannover") during the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover . In 1778 he was the contact person for renting an apartment at the Steintor in Hanover.
In 1791 he was listed as the “load master” of the smith's office in Hanover's old town.
From 1794 to 1798 Huhnstock was a master for the apprentice Heinrich Ludwig Grote , whom he trained as a journeyman.
In 1798 Huhnstock lived "in front of the stone gate".
At the end of 1806, the Neue Hannöversche Magazin recorded the “Rustmeister Huhnstock” as one of 16 members of the poor fathers for the Leinstrasse district in an overview of the poor relief of the general poor college.
Famous works
- Various Huhnstock pistols were found in the weapons collection of King Edward VII at Windsor Castle at the beginning of the 20th century .
- In 1992 a flintlock double rifle by A. Huhnstock was cataloged during an exhibition organized by the City of Bad Arolsen with the Museum Association Arolsen in cooperation with the State of Hesse and the Waldeck-Frankenberg district.
Web links
- Pair of pistols late eighteenth century / 40.0 x 23.2 cm , photo and description of a pair of flintlock pistols in the administration of the Royal Collection Trust
- Bore German DB Flintlock Sporting Gun (in English), illustration of a pair of sporting rifles made around 1775 for auction 8829, Antique Arms and Armor by Christies auction house in 2000 in London, South Kensington
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Guy Francis Laking: The Armory of Windsor Castle. European section. By Guy Francis Laking, keeper of the King's armory. Published by command of King Edward VII (= The Royal Collection ) (in English), London: Bradbury, Agney & Company, 1904, passim ; Preview over google books
- ↑ a b Things, to be rented like this , in: Hanoverian advertisements of all kinds of things, the announcement of which is necessary and useful to the common being. From 1798 , Hanover, 1779, column 891; Digitized via Google books
- ↑ a b Neues Hannöversches Magazin, in which small treatises ... , 16th year, issue 104 of December 29, 1806, Hanover: printed by GC Schlueter, 1806, column 1657; Digitized via Google books
- ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Glage: The important Hanoverian gunsmiths , in this: The gunsmithing in Hanover , accompanying publication for the exhibition in the Historical Museum on the Hohen Ufer from December 10, 1978 to January 21, 1979 in Hanover, Langenhagen: Hartwig Popp KG , Pp. 15-18; here: p. 17
- ↑ Die Jagd , in Birgit Kümmel , Richard Hüttel (ed.), Dieter Alfter et al. (Employee): Arolsen. Meanwhile it wants to shine. A baroque residence , ed. on behalf of the city of Arolsen. Catalog for the event organized by the city and the Arolsen Museum Association in cooperation with the State of Hesse and the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Korbach: Bing, 1992, ISBN 978-3-87077-086-0 and ISBN 3-87077-086-4 , p. 269-285; here: p. 280; Preview over google books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chicken stick, A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rust master and gunsmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1806 |