Johann Paul Hess & Sebastian Hess 

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The Hess brothers Sebastian and Johann Paul came from Bamberg. There were six brothers in total, all of whom were technically skilled and inventive. Johann Paul and Sebastian are documented to have worked for the court of the governor Prince Charles of Lorraine in Brussels from 1767. In their studio in Brussels they also trained C. Haager, among others, in the technique of micro art. Presumably they already trained G. Stephany, J. Dresch, Adolphe Brodbek and other pupils at this time. Sebastian Hess was demonstrably active again in Vienna by 1773 at the latest.

The illustrations show carvings which can be attributed to the Hess brothers. The first illustration shows a typical scene in the extremely rare heart shape, still in its primary version, as it could only have been produced by Hess. Figure 2 shows a tiny representation of a frigate in an amber medallion. It is highly probable that this was made by Sebastian Hess. There are also several examples of this in rings with predominantly ruby settings.