Spornberg, Jacob

Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
1768, Finland
Date and place of death:
dec. after 1840, United States
Worked:
(fl) 1790-1820s
Known places of work:
Bath, London, Cheltenham
Known techniques:
Painted on flat, convex glass and ivory
Known materials:
Flat, convex glass and ivory
Frames:
Oval fruitwood, oval and rectangular hammered brass, giltwood and papier-mâché
Signature:
Recorded

Introduction:

Producing highly distinctive, high quality profiles on flat, convex glass and less commonly ivory, Finnish-born JACOB SPORNBERG (ca.1768-after 1840) worked primarily in Bath and Cheltenham. The quantity of extant works evidence his output was prolific and though substantial biographical detail is already recorded, current research discovered him working in London and latterly becoming an architectural modeller in limewood.

To be continued.

Additional research about Jacob Spornberg:

Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)

Spornberg, Jacob (McKechnie Section 3)
Spornberg, Jacob (McKechnie Section 6)