August Wild (gemstone engraver)

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August Wild (born September 13, 1814 in Oberstein , † January 28, 1896 in Kirn ) was a German gemstone engraver .

The well-traveled Idar-Obersteiner took part in the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 . Armin Peter Faust shows his life's work very clearly.

literature

  • Armin Peter Faust: The wing of Nike. Notes from a gem cutter . Briedel / Mosel, Houben, Rhein-Mosel-Verlag 1995 ISBN 3929745224
personal data
SURNAME Wild, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gemstone engraver
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberstein
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1896
Place of death Kirn