(b 17 April 1726; d 23 Jan 1791). Son of (1) Thomas Germain. On the death of his father, he was allowed to take over his father’s lodgings in the Louvre, Paris, and was appointed Sculpteur-Orfèvre du Roi. He completed items commissioned from Thomas Germain (e.g. lamp, 1744–54, for Ste Geneviève), Paris and also modified earlier pieces by his father, for example a pair of tureens and stands (1726–8; Malibu, CA, Getty Mus.), which have an inscription on the stands added by François-Thomas in 1764. He also continued to use his father’s casting models.

Part of the Germain family

• Germain, François-Thomas
  • France, §IX, 1(iii)(b): Gold and silver: 18th-century forms and styles
  • collaboration
    • Ballin
    • Gouthière, Pierre
  • patrons and collectors
    • Bernstorff, J. H. E. von
    • Braganza: (7) John V, King of Portugal
    • Paris, §IV, 1: Centre of gold and silver production
  • works
    • France, §IX, 2(iii)(a): Base metalwork, 1600–1800: Gilt-bronze
    • Orléans, House of: (5) Louis-Philippe, Duc d’Orléans
    • Portugal, §IX: Gold and silver