Christian Wiltberger

John Christian Wiltberger Sr. (10 ga Nuwamba, 1769 - 16 ga Oktoba, 1851) ɗan asalin Amurka ne, mai aiki a Philadelphia .

An haifi Wiltberger a Philadelphia, inda ya koyi game da 1782 ga Richard Humphreys . A can ya auri Ann Warner a ranar 26 ga Maris, 1791, tare da wanda ya haifi 'ya'ya 8 (ciki har da John Christian Wiltberger Jr.), kuma ya yi aiki daga 1793-1797 a matsayin mai yin azurfa da kayan ado. Ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da Samuel Alexander a matsayin WILTBERGER & ALEXANDER, amma kamar yadda tallace-tallace masu zuwa a cikin Federal Gazette suka nuna, an rushe haɗin gwiwa a watan Yunin 1797:

 WILTBERGER & ALEXANDER, Silversmiths and Jewellers, Sun rushe haɗin gwiwar su ta hanyar yardar juna. Kamar yadda Mista Wiltberger ya ba da izinin daidaita kasuwancin ba tare da sanina ba, saboda haka ina tsammanin wajibi ne na sanar da abokaina da jama'a, cewa ba ni da mutuwa, ba ni da kuɗi, ko kuma ni gudu, amma kwanan nan na koma gidan da Mista Weltberger ya zauna, a titin kudu na biyu, No. 33, inda nake nufin ci gaba da kasuwancin a duk rassansa, a kan mafi kyawun sharuddan. [Hotuna 5, 1797].

 CHRISTIAN WILTBERGER, ya sanar da abokansa da jama'a, cewa ya cire daga No. 33, kudu titin na biyu, zuwa No. 13, arewa na biyu, kusan a gaban Ikilisiyar Kristi, inda yake ci gaba da kasuwancin Silversmith da kayan ado a duk rassanta, kamar yadda ya saba. Har ila yau, yana da manyan nau'ikan kayan ado na azurfa, kayan ado, da sauransu. wanda aka shigo da shi ta hanyar sabbin masu zuwa daga Turai, tare da adadi mai yawa na Silver Wares, wanda aka ƙera nan da nan a ƙarƙashin bincikensa, wanda yake nufin sayar da shi a kan mafi kyawun sharuddan. N. B. Farashin da aka bayar mafi girma ga tsohuwar zinariya da azurfa. [Yana Yuli 7, 1797].

Wiltberger ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin mai yin azurfa daga 1797-1819. Rembrandt Peale ya zana hotonsa a cikin 1818. An tattara aikinsa a cikin Gidan Tarihi na Metropolitan, Gidan Tarihin Fine Arts, Boston, Gidan kayan gargajiya na Philadelphia, Gidan Wutar Winterthur, da Gidan Tarih na Jami'ar Yale.

 Manazarta 

 "John Christian Wiltberger", 'yan Azurfa na Amurka.
 "Kirista Wiltberger", Encyclopedia na Yanar Gizo na Alamun Azurfa.
 "Tea and Coffee Service by Christian Wiltberger", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
 "Akwatin sukari", Gidan Tarihi na Philadelphia.
 American Silversmiths da Alamun Su: The Definitive (1948) Edition, Stephen G. C. Ensko, Courier Corporation, 2012.
 An samo asali ne daga kayan tarihi na Amurka a Winterthur, Ian M. G. Quimby, Dianne Johnson, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1995, shafi na 469.
 Ayyukan zane-zane da zane-zane na Amurka, Gerald W. R. Ward, Nonie Gadsden, Kelly L'Ecuyer, wallafe-wallafen MFA, 2006, shafi na 98.