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Frantz Bergs (1697-1778) was a Swedish goldsmith active in Stockholm between 1725 and 1777. He took over his uncle, Henry Richter's workshop at Lilla Nygatan where he was apprenticed and became court jeweler in 1742. Bergs was frequently employed by Queen Louise Ulrika (1720-1782), Queen of Sweden (1751-1771), and indeed he altered the coronation regalia for the coronation of Adolf Fredrick (1710-1771) in 1751.
Remembered for his translucent royal blue basse-taille enamel boxes and objects of vertu, such as this rare poignard knife, Bergs was certainly Sweden's most important goldsmith of the rococo period and is praised by A. K. Snowman, "Frantz Bergs (1725-77) the King's own goldsmith, made snuff-boxes in Stockholm that yield nothing in delicacy and finish to the finest and most racé examples from Paris" ( in Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, p. 110).
Remembered for his translucent royal blue basse-taille enamel boxes and objects of vertu, such as this rare poignard knife, Bergs was certainly Sweden's most important goldsmith of the rococo period and is praised by A. K. Snowman, "Frantz Bergs (1725-77) the King's own goldsmith, made snuff-boxes in Stockholm that yield nothing in delicacy and finish to the finest and most racé examples from Paris" ( in Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, p. 110).