Gotthard Ferdinand Stang

Gotthard Ferdinand Stang (1780–1821), Baltic German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: G.F.ST or STANG. Studied under Johann Daniel Kohlhoff in Reval and worked in St Petersburg, where he created silverware in the Empire style.
Born: 1780, Reval (now Tallinn)
Died: 1821, St Petersburg
Movements:
Empire
Imperial Russian Jewellery 18th–19th Centuries

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 guild in St Petersburg (1812), where he worked on imperial commissions and created silverware in the Empire style (1812–21). Died in St Petersburg (1821), where his work was continued by his widow and son (1821–45). Contributed to exhibitions, including Golden Treasure Trove of the Russian Museum at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (1998), St Petersburg: A Portrait of the City and its Citizens at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2003) and Russian Silver (18th to Early 20th Centuries) at the Ivan Shemanovsky Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District in Salekhard (2010–11).

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