Johann Christian Friedrich Zell
Johann Christian Friedrich Zell (also: cell ; * to 1730 in Stuttgart , † 23. July 1785 in Hannover ) was a German goldsmith and yard - jeweler .
Life
Johann Christian Friedrich Zell completed his training with his father in Stuttgart and then stayed in different places. From 1753 he lived in Hanover, where he worked as a journeyman for the gold worker and concessionist Peter Jacob Calliard in 1755 . In the same year, Zell received the approval to practice his profession for a year without being eligible for the gild . The recording should only take place afterwards.
On July 17, 1756, Zell first took the citizenship oath of the Calenberger Neustadt , to which he also paid the citizens' money. On July 29th of that year he married Miss Sophie Margaretha Friderica Dill.
In 1758 Zell was elected head of the goldsmith's office in Hanover's old town, and ten years later in 1768 it was mentioned as “court jeweler and goldworker”. According to the championship list of November 24th of the same year, he was one of the two heads of office at the time - alongside "FP Bundsen" .
Zell died at the age of 55 and was buried at the Kreuzkirche .
literature
- Wolfgang Scheffler : Johann Christian Friedrich Zell (e) , in: Goldsmiths of Lower Saxony. Dates, works, characters , 1st half volume, Aerzen - Hamburg , Berlin: de Gruyter, 1965, pp. 732, 736; online through google books
See also
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zell, Johann Christian Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cell, Johann Christian Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German goldsmith and court jeweler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1785 |
| Place of death | Hanover |