Johann Christoph Brockes
Johann Christoph Brockes (* 1737 ; † 1804 in the Uckermark ) was a Prussian master glass cutter. His products were used on the chandeliers of almost all Frederician castles.
Life
Johann Christoph Brockes was the son of a Crystallin maker who worked in a glassworks near Potsdam . Brockes received his master craftsman's certificate at the age of 22. He supplied the court of King Frederick II with chandelier hangings and complete chandeliers, and in 1760 received the royal privilege for trading in glass products on application. In 1770 he bought a piece of land on the Potsdam city canal and had Brockes' house built there in 1776 . In 1773 Brockes leased the glassworks in Annenwalde and acquired it in 1776. Now he was able to supply the farm with his own glass products. After the death of Frederick II in 1786, other glass cutters protested Brockes' trading privilege. Brockes' brother, the official surgeon Rudolph Brockes, asked King Friedrich Wilhelm II for an extension. Brockes was buried near Annenwalde.
plant
It was not common for glass cutters to sign their products as they were considered artisans rather than artists. It is therefore not possible to assign Brockes' surviving chandeliers to the workshop. In addition to Frederician palaces such as Sanssouci, he probably furnished several town houses in Potsdam.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brockes, Johann Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian master glass cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1737 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1804 |
| Place of death | Uckermark |