Peter Nordbeck

Peter Nordbeck (1789 – February 7 1861 [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4627 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online] ] ) was a silversmith born in Germany. He worked in the West Indies in 1815 and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1819. Nordbeck partnered with another silversmith, Henry Mignowitz, before forming his own company. He is considered to be the most skilled local silversmith of his day [ [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007397 "Domestic Silver", The Canadian Encyclopedia] ] . Nordbeck also trained other notable silversmiths such as Michael Septimus Brown and James J. Langford. His production included gold and silver objects for use in churches, household silver and silver trophy goblets awarded for yacht races. Nordbeck died in 1861 and is buried in Camp Hill Cemetery. [ [http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilvermarksXN.html English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification N&-NZ ] ]

A snuffbox made by Nordbeck resides in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Other examples of his work can be found in the Royal Ontario Museum, the Provincial Museum of Nova Scotia and the National Gallery of Canada [ [http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artist_work_e.jsp?iartistid=4039 Artist Gallery: Peter Nordbeck, National Gallery of Canada] ] .

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