Christian Friedrich Zincke was born in Dresden, Germany, where he apprenticed with his goldsmith father. At the invitation of the master enamelist <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/charles-boit">Charles Boit</a> (1663-1727), Zincke traveled to England in 1706, became Boit's pupil, and later established the most successful enamel-painting studio in England. Several generations of British mo