Jean-Baptiste Fossin (1786–1848) was a French silver and goldsmith and jeweler.

Life and career

The French house of luxurious jewelry

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was founded in 1780 by Marie-Etienne Nitot in Paris. Nitot was appointed the Emperor's jeweler in 1802 and designed the coronation crown and the Imperial Sword. After the fall of

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, Nitot and his son sold their business to their foreman, master craftsmen John-Baptiste Fossin. Fossin and his son Jules became noted for romantic jewelry inspired by Italian

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and nature motifs including vine leaves, fruit and hawthorne, and successfully established a noble clientele. Fossin's son Jules formed a partnership with

Jean-Valentin Morel Jean-Valentin Morel (1794 in Paris-1860) was a French gold and silversmith noted for the quality of his work. He was trained under Adrien-Maximilian, whom was the maker of gold boxes to Louis XVI and Napoleon Family Jean-Valentin Morel was born ...

to set up a jewelry business in London. The daughter of Morel's son Prosper married Joseph

, who inherited the family jewelry business in 1885.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fossin, Jean-Baptiste 1786 births 1848 deaths French silversmiths French jewellers French goldsmiths 19th-century French businesspeople