Johann Peter Stahlschmidt
Johann Peter Stahlschmidt (born July 18, 1751 in Plittershagen , † October 6, 1833 in Freudenberg ) was a German watchmaker .
Life
Johann Peter Stahlschmidt was born as the eldest son of eight children of Hans Stefan Stahlschmidt (1708–1763) and Anna Waffenschmidt (1728–1762). Stahlschmidt's parents died early, the mother after the birth of twins in 1762 and the father the following year. Johann Peter Stahlschmidt was 12 years old at the time. Stahlschmidt first learned the locksmith's trade before he found an apprentice to the master watchmaker Johann Georg Spies (1747–1795) in Siegen in 1774 at the age of 23 .
On July 28, 1777, he passed his journeyman's examination. In the same month of the year his so-called hiking book was issued to him by the city of Siegen. After the “acquittal” every journeyman had to wander (also called “waltz”) for several years . Johann Peter Stahlschmidt's journeyman years lasted until 1781. During his traveling years he received work references from the clockmaker Nolda (1778) from Hamm and the clockmaker Tasch (1780) from Münster .
In 1781 Stahlschmidt opened his own workshop in Freudenberg, Oranienstrasse 31. On November 12, 1781 he was able to finish his first watch and sell it to Johann Möller in Ferndorf for 28 thalers.
On August 8, 1785, he passed his master craftsman examination in front of the guild masters of the Freudenberg hammer mill. One of the signatories of his master's certificate was his future father-in-law, Hermanus Lindenschmidt. In November 1786 Johann Peter Stahlschmidt married the then 25-year-old Maria Clara Lindenschmidt (1761-1832) with whom he had two sons, Johann Eberhard and Tilmann. He worked as a master watchmaker in Freudenberg until he was 76, and in 1827 passed the watchmaking business to his son Tillmann.
Johann Peter Stahlschmidt died at the age of 82 and was buried in Freudenberg. His tombstone no longer exists today.
Services
Just like those built by Johann Georg Spies, Stahlschmidt's floor clocks were more closely related to Neuwied clocks, not to Bergische clocks. The watch cases were mostly made of oak , later from 1815–1820 from cherry wood and were generally made by local carpenters . In order to obtain the other necessary materials for his watches, Stahlschmidt traveled (on foot) to Frankfurt to the Messe am Rathaus.
The Freudenberg City Museum houses clocks by the Freudenberg master watchmaker Johann Peter Stahlschmidt, whose Janus watch is considered the most complicated example of Siegerland watchmaking.
literature
- Ursula Rumpler: The Stahlschmidts; A historical-genealogical archive and source research. Self-published by Baden / Vienna, 2005, ISBN 978-3-200-00479-5 .
Web links
- Stahlschmidt, Johann Peter in Watch-Wiki
- Ian D. Fowler: Siegerland Clocks Gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stahlschmidt, Johann Peter in UhrenHanse
- ↑ Ursula and Kurt Rumpler: Johann Peter Stahlschmidt ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ian D. Fowler: Siegerland watchmaker
- ↑ HO Rüssler: The Janus-faced clock of Johann Peter Stahlschmidt from Freudenberg. In writings of the "Friends of old watches", Volume 22, DGC (Ed.), Verlag W. Kempter, Ulm 1983, p. 57f, ISBN 3-923422-01-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stahlschmidt, Johann Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German watchmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plittershagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1833 |
| Place of death | Freudenberg (Siegerland) |