
Creative connections: Bossard, Gull and the Swiss National Museum
In 1898, the architect Gustav Gull created designs for two cups as part of a collaboration with the goldsmith’s workshop run by Johann Karl Bossard in Lucerne. That same year, the newly built Swiss National Museum in Zurich, also designed by Gull, opened its doors to the public. Gull and Bossard’s impressive networks of contacts came together in the planning and design of the museum.









Brilliant craftsmanship. Bossard Goldsmiths Lucerne
Atelier Bossard in Lucerne was one of Switzerland’s most renowned goldsmith’s workshops in the 19th century. Splendid trophies, silverware and jewellery were produced and sold all over the world under the leadership of company founder Johann Karl Bossard (1846-1914). The exhibition in the National Museum Zurich’s Hall of Fame displays the workshop’s most beautiful pieces, reviving Bossard’s former brilliance.