Peter Mathiesen

Mathiesen was born in 1696 in Dollerup, Grumtoft Parish, Schleswig-Holstein.It is not known where he was trained as a clockmaker but Gottorp was an important centre for artists and artisans at the time.He was later by the crown charged with maintaining two large clockworks at the royal palaces.[1] The Karen Blixen museum at Rungstedlund contains a Peter Mathiesen longcase clock.[4] This biographical article about a Danish engineer, inventor or industrial designer is a stub.
Peter MatthiessenCopenhagenDanishaldermanVimmelskaftetDollerupGrumtoft ParishSchleswig-HolsteinGottorpHillerødmasterpiecetower clockslongcase clocksFrederiksberg ChurchFrederiksbergÅbenråHolbækRoskilde CathedralRoskildeKaren BlixenRungstedlund