Emanuel Jenner

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Leopard of the mayor Johann Rudolf Sinner (1708)

Emanuel Jenner (born March 20, 1657 in Bern ; † July 12, 1741 there ) was a Swiss goldsmith and mint master.

Life

Emanuel Jenner was born in Bern in 1657 as the son of Hans Rudolf Jenner, bailiff of Landshut . He was a brother of the master craftsman Samuel Jenner . In 1681 he became a parlor journeyman in his father's society at Middle Lions . Nothing has been known about his career so far. The bowl of his uncle, the Venner Samuel Jenner, is documented as his earliest work . In 1690 he created the leopard, King Wilhelm III, on behalf of the English resident Thomas Coxe . from England donated to the Outer Estate . Jenner became municipal mint master in 1694. The guild society for monkeys commissioned him in 1698 with the production of the so-called Barettliaffen, co-founder was his brother Samuel Jenner. Other surviving works are the communion goblets of the Zimmerwald church (around 1685 and 1698), the amazon cup (1701), the Bacchus with cornucopia (1702), the Sinner Leopard (1708), the Villmergen goblet (1712) and the beer mug with the Arms alliance of Werdt – von Wattenwyl. Jenner remained a mint master until 1725.

His maker's mark consists of the letters EI as well as the star and crescent moon (family coat of arms).

literature

  • Robert Ludwig Wyss: The gold and silversmith's work of the Bern guild for the middle lion. (= History of the Bernese Guild of Middle Lions. Vol. 4). Guild of Middle Lions, Bern 1985.
  • Robert Ludwig Wyss: craftsmanship in gold and silver. The silver dishes of the Bern guilds, societies and civil associations. Bern 1996.
  • Alfred Zesiger: The society to Mittelleuen. In: New Berner Taschenbuch on 1908 , pp. 199–299. doi: 10.5169 / seals-128331
  • Alfred Zesiger: The Bernese goldsmith Emanuel Jenner. In: Blätter für Bernische Geschichte, Kunst und Altertumskunde , Vol. 14 (1918), pp. 9–15. doi : 10.5169 / seals-183142

Web links

Commons : Emanuel Jenner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernisches Historisches Museum, deposit of the Middle Lions Society.
personal data
SURNAME Jenner, Emanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss goldsmith and mint master
DATE OF BIRTH baptized March 20, 1657
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1741
Place of death Bern