Johann Adam Spengler

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Johann Adam Spengler, first master apprentice at the Faience Manufactory Frisching in Bern

Johann Adam Spengler (born December 13, 1726 in Schaffhausen ; † July 25, 1790 in Schooren near Zurich ) was a Swiss potter .

Johann Adam Spengler was the first master craftsman at the Faience Manufactory Frisching . Spengler moved to Zurich as early as 1762, where he became the first director of the Kilchberg-Schooren porcelain factory . Daniel Herrmann from Langnau in the Emmental was his successor at the Faience-Manufaktur Frisching .

literature

  • Siegfried Ducret: The Zurich porcelain factory and its products in the 18th and 19th centuries. Volume 1: Harnesses. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1958, pp. 56–63.
  • Siegfried Ducret: Johann Adam Spengler. In: Schaffhauser Contributions to History. H. 58 = Schaffhausen biographies. 4, 1981, ISSN  0259-3599 , pp. 302-306 ( PDF; 414.62 kB ).
  • Adriano Boschetti-Maradi: tableware for town and country. Bern pottery since the 16th century (= highlights from the Bern Historical Museum. 19). With photographs by Yvonne Hurni. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-0340-0864-3 .
  • Adriano Boschetti-Maradi: The tiled stove - a necessity and a showpiece. In: André Holenstein (Ed.): Bern's golden time. Rediscovered in the 18th century (= Bern times. 4). Stämpfli Verlag AG, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7272-1281-9 , p. 112.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adriano Boschetti-Maradi: Crockery for town and country. 2007, p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Spengler, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss stove
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1790
Place of death Schooren near Zurich