André Jordan

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From Chrysopras made and jeweled splendor-cigarette case from the collection of Frederick the Great. Manufacturer unknown.

André Jordan (born December 20, 1708 in Berlin ; † September 13, 1778 ibid) was a German merchant, court jeweler and bill trader in Berlin. Jordan ran a well-known retail store and a jewelery factory in Berlin, guild elder and most important supplier of famous and precious was snuffboxes for the Prussian King Frederick the Great .

family

In the 1680s, the pharmacist and jewelry dealer Charles Jordan immigrated to Prussia. The Huguenot from southern France had fled the persecution under Louis XIV and was accepted into Prussia under the Great Elector . One of his descendants was André Jordan, born in Berlin, who married Madeleine Susanne Perreault (1710–1748) in 1731. The sons Paul André Jordan (1732-1807) and Pierre Jordan (1737-1791) were born from the marriage. Paul André was a city councilor and colonel in the vigilante group. After the death of his first wife, Jordan married Rachel Madeleine Collin (1713–1782) on November 22, 1750. A son of Paul André was Pierre Jean Jordan (1761-1838), a co-founder of the Singakademie in Berlin .

Younger brothers of André Jordan [d. Ä.] Were Jean Louis Jordan (1712–1759) and Peter Johann Jordan (also guild elder). Further descendants of André Jordan [d. Ä.] And his brothers were Pierre Antoine Jordan (1764-1827) and the diplomat Johann Ludwig von Jordan .

Jordan Brothers

André Jordan was a jeweler and built in Berlin a jewelery factory , were made in the so-called "Paris Article". The business also had a gold washing mill. In addition to the jewelry wholesale and retail trade, money and exchange transactions were also carried out. As the company prospered, Jordan’s younger brothers soon joined as co-partners; the company name Fa. Gebr. Jordan was adopted. The brothers' sons and grandsons continued the business, which is why the company name was retained until 1833.

The shop was initially in Alt-Berlin (across from the post office) and later in Jägerstrasse in Berlin-Friedrichstadt . Since 1772, the Jordan brothers were appointed royal court jewelers and purveyors to the Prussian court.

Frederick II, a collector of high-quality tobacco boxes, made most of his related purchases from the Jordans. The company had to supply the king with around two gold-plated and enameled tobacco dishes, often set with precious stones, to suit his taste. From 1743 to 1765 there were 39 cans that he purchased there. The snuffboxes made for the king were unusual in size and value. According to documents from court jeweler Baudesson (another supplier) and the Jordan brothers, their value was between 4,200 and 12,000 thalers each. In the box bills of Frederick the Great , digitized in 2011 , high-priced purchases are noted several times. Even after Frederick's death, the Jordans continued to supply the royal court. In a message from the jewelers to the court state secretary Ernst Friedrich Bussler in March 1809, a jewelery delivery worth 35,000 Reichstalers, which the king [meant: Friedrich Wilhelm III. ] took me on a trip to St. Petersburg .

For a time, the court jeweler Pierre Lautier was associated with the Jordans. From 1771, André Jordan brokered smaller orders from the king to Daniel Chodowiecki .

References and comments

  1. a b Ekhart Berckenhagen, Anton Graff: Leben und Werk , Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft (ed.), Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft , 1967, p. 221
  2. a b Irene Tritt, The cultural-geographic influence of those expelled from the faith in Berlin , Inaugural dissertation at the Free University of Berlin , 1966, p. 38 (snippet)
  3. a b Rudolf Mingau, register of persons from the walks through the Mark Brandenburg , part 8, large Brandenburger edition , Gotthard Erler and Rita Reuter (eds.), ISBN 978-3-35103-1-046 , Aufbau-Verlag , 1997
  4. a b c Conversations-Lexicon of the Latest Times and Literature , Volume 2 (FL), FA Brockhaus , Leipzig 1833, p. 596
  5. Another descendant was Frederick II's confidante, Charles Étienne Jordan
  6. ^ Wilhelm Treue , Wirtschafts- und Technikgeschichte Preussens , Volume 56 of: Publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute , Free University of Berlin , ISBN 978-3-11009-5-982 , Walter de Gruyter, 1984, p. 68
  7. Nadja Stulz-Herrnstadt, Berlin bourgeoisie in the 18th and 19th centuries: Entrepreneur careers and migration, families and traffic circles in the capital of Brandenburg-Prussia, The Elders of the Corporation of the Merchants of Berlin , Volume 99 of: Publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin , Friedrich Meinecke Institute, Free University of Berlin, ISBN 978-3-11016-5-609 , Walter de Gruyter , 2002
  8. Jordan ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Perspectivia.net (box bills of Frederick II) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quellen.perspectivia.net
  9. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 26, published by Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1850, p. 588
  10. a b c Hugo Rachel, Johannes Papritz and Paul Wallich, Berlin merchants and capitalists: The time of mercantilism 1648-1806 , Volume 2, publications, Association for the history of the Mark Brandenburg, ISSN 0936-2754, Johannes Schultze (ed.), de Gruyter , 1967, p. 82 (Snippet)
  11. ^ Johann Georg Prinz von Hohenzollern, Friedrich der Grosse: Collector and Patron , ISBN 978-3-77745-9-103 , Hypo-Kulturstiftung (ed.), Kunsthalle Verlag / Hirmer Verlag, 1992, p. 212
  12. Helmut Börsch-Supan, The Art in Brandenburg-Prussia: Its History from the Renaissance to the Biedermeier Depicted in the Art Collection of the Berlin Palaces , Administration of the State Palaces and Gardens, ISBN 978-3-78611-2-730 , Mann, 1980, P. 171 (snippet)
  13. Andreas Kilb, Friedrich the Great: He Wasn't An Ascetic, June 12, 2011, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  14. ^ Message from the jewelers Gebr. Jordan, purveyors to the court, to the court state secretary Ernst Friedrich Bussler, Berlin, March 11th and 28th 1809 , in: Gaby Huch, Between Ehrenpforte and Incognito: Prussian Kings on Travel: Sources for the Representation of the Monarchy between 1797 and 1871 , ISBN 978-3-11040-9-253 , Walter de Gruyter, 2016, communication p. 396
  15. Journal of the German Association for Art History , Volume 43, German Association for Art History (ed.), Der Verein, 1989, p. 105
  16. Pantheon, Volume 37, Bruckmann Verlag , 1979, p. 350 (Snippet)