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German jeweller. Born in the family of Gregor Römpler in Saxony (mid-18th century). Moved to St Petersburg (1790), where he worked as a diamond trader and jeweller (1791–96). Married Anna Schell, dau...
German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: Keibel. Born in the town of Pasewalk in Prussia (1788). Studied under his uncle Otto Samuel Keibel (1800s) and inherited his workshop in St Petersbu...
Baltic German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: G.F.ST or STANG. Born in Reval (now Tallinn) in Estonia (1780). Studied under Johann Daniel Kohlhoff in Reval (1806–12). Joined the foreign g...
Norwegian jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: AHL in a rectangle. Born in Norway (1764). Master of the guild of foreign silversmiths in St Petersburg (1799) and alderman (1816). Worked on imperial commi...
Jeweller, silversmith, niello master. Hallmarks: ?? or J. Suew or I. Suew or ?. ????? in a rectangle. Born in Vologda in the family of Matvei Zuyev (1786). Made silverware decorated with niello in th...
Jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: ??. Worked in the Neoclassical style in Moscow (1802–25), where he created a silver samovar (1804), silver paten (1808) and silver jug (1825).
Jeweller, silversmith, niello master. Hallmark: ?.?. Worked in Moscow (1802–16), where he made a silver tot-glass (1804).
Danish jeweller, silversmith. Born in Denmark (c. 1770). Master of a guild in St Petersburg (from 1794). Created silver tankards decorated with mythological heroes (1820s). Opened his own workshop (1...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in St Petersburg (?) in the family of a merchant called Franz Chervinsky (1795 or 1796). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1804–16). Painted a portrait of Prince ...
German painter, draughtsman, engraver, interior designer, architect. Elder brother of painter Franz Karl Tielker (1765–1845). Born in the north German town of Brunswick (1763). Trained as a silhouett...