Hermann Bückmann (goldsmith)

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Hermann Bückmann (full name Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Bückmann * to 1814 in Brünninghausen ; † after 1866 ) was a German goldsmith , Hof - jewelry and gold and silver workers.

Life

Hermann Bückmann, born around the beginning of the Kingdom of Hanover in the Amt Lauenstein , completed an apprenticeship with Gustav Albert Kemnis in Hanover and then worked in Vienna , Switzerland and Paris during his six-year wanderings . In 1841 he received his master craftsman's certificate and on June 29 of the same year took the citizenship oath of the then royal seat of Hanover.

Bückmann married the Hanoverian citizen daughter Sophie Dorothee Täger. According to the church records of the Marktkirche , a daughter was born to the couple on April 21, 1847.

From 1854 Bückmann appeared in the address books of the royal capital and residence city of Hanover as a court jeweler and independent gold and silver worker, at that time in the house at Leinstrasse 22 . Also in 1854 he received a medal while participating in the First General German Industrial Exhibition in Munich. In addition, he had been awarded the Silver and the Great Golden Medal for his exhibits at various trade shows organized by the Hanover Trade Association in the Kingdom of Hanover .

No later than 1863 was the Royal Court Jeweler with his "camp of jewels, fine and ordinary jewelers and Silberwaaren" Headquartered in the house Georgstraße 7, "the bench opposite, next to British-Hôtel."

Journeymen

Various well-known personalities from the goldsmith's trade worked as journeymen at Hermann Bückmann, so

  • after 1851 and 1855–1862: Georg Conrad Bade from Hameln
  • 1856 and earlier:
    • Georg Heinrich Kleemann
    • twice Carl Heinrich Ludwig Lohmann
  • 1861:
    • Gustav Juzi from Nörten, who received the championship title in 1862
    • Carl Bente from Hameln
    • Heinrich Hungerland from Alfeld
    • Heinrich Hupfeld from Einbeck
    • August Puse, who was born in Hanover
  • 1862–1866: Carl Wilhelm Otto Rusch , who became a master craftsman in 1867

Famous works

Bückmann's works can often be found in scattered private collections, such as objects partly created in the style of the second rococo such as teapots, sugar bowls and sugar boxes, teapots, cream jugs, brandy spoons or bowls spoons. Other pieces are for example

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Wolfgang Scheffler : Bückmann, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm , in ders .: Goldsmiths of Lower Saxony, dates, works, signs , Volume 1, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1965, pp. 778-779; limited preview in Google Book search
  2. ↑ Address book of the royal capital and residence city of Hanover , Department I: Address and Housing Gazette , Part: Alphabetical Directory of Inhabitants , p. 88 , and General Business Gazette , p. 30 as digital copies of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library via the German Research Foundation
  3. ↑ a b Address Book ... 1864 , Part IV: General Business Gazette , p. 26
personal data
SURNAME Bückmann, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bückmann, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German goldsmith, royal Hanoverian court jeweler as well as gold and silver workers
DATE OF BIRTH around 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Brünninghausen , Lauenstein Office
DATE OF DEATH after 1866