He gained a reputation for being a skillful engraver and created several fine candlesticks for Christiansborg Palace in his brother Knud Plesner Dalhoff's (1794-1832) brazier workshop.

[1] He went on a three-year study trip abroad from 1824 to 1827, visiting Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Naples, and Paris.

His firstwork in this field was E. Freund's fountain Boy on Swann for Rosenborg Castle Gardens in 1837.

Jørgens gård), the sculptures group for the roof of Thorvaldsens Museum, and the Jupiter relief for the facade of Christiansborg Palace.

[1] He obtained several patents on technical inventions and installed a central heating system at the College of Advanced Technologies in 1859 .He visited many of the great exhibitions in Germany, Austria, France and England.