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Turners of the Early Modern Period in Hesse
Hesse (Central Germany)
- Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654-1730) – Some of his turned portrait medallions from 1688 have been preserved and are the earliest known examples of this technique. A rose engine used by the landgraves around 1770 is known from a picture.
- William I, Elector of Hesse, later William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1743-1821) – An ivory objet d'art by Wilhem IX has survived (pictured, in part, on the home page of this website).
- Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667-1739) – Around 1700, Ernest Louis had an elaborate turning chamber in Darmstadt Palace which was destroyed by fire in the second World War. He is known to have received a lathe made by Johann Martin Teuber.
- Joseph of Hesse-Darmstadt, Bishop of Augsburg (1699-1768) – An ivory box from 1740 bearing the coat-of-arms of Prince Joseph survives in Munich. The prince, who was consecrated bishop in Augsburg in 1740, may have made this box on his own turning lathe, or it may have been made to commemorate the occasion.
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