{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2019}} '''Ferdinand Anton Nicolaus Teutenberg''' (4 December 1840 &ndash; 2 October 1933) was a New Zealand stonemason, carver, engraver, medallist and jeweller.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/82149713/antique-gold-brooch-and-earrings-with-kiwiana-theme-sell-for-103000|title=Antique gold brooch and earrings with Kiwiana theme sell for $103,000|website=Stuff|date=15 July 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> He was born in Hüsten, Germany, in 1840.<ref name="DNZB Teutenberg">{{DNZB|title=Ferdinand Anton Nicolaus Teutenberg|first= J. B.|last= Duncan|id=2t37|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/9617/|title=Anton Teutenberg|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/9311340/Desk-tells-a-tale-about-citys-past|title=Desk tells a tale about city's past|website=Stuff|date=22 October 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/items/22398587|title=Teutenberg, Ferdinand Anton Nicolaus, 1840-1933|date=1840-01-01|website=natlib.govt.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> Teutenberg was the son of a gunsmith, who worked for Frederick William IV of Prussia. Teutenberg was taught masonry and carving techniques by his father.<ref name="Dunn">{{cite book|last1=Dunn |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Dunn (art historian) |title=New Zealand Sculpture: A History |edition=Updated |year=2008 |isbn= 978-1-86940-425-3|publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland |pages=13–15}}</ref>

When Teutenberg visited New Zealand in 1866, he worked on carvings that became part of the Auckland High Court and Pitt Street Church, after a chance meeting with architects Amos and Taylor.<ref name="Dunn"/>

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