ALLEN AND MOORE (Brit.). The decline in medallic productionsat the commencement of the nineteenth century, which was so noticeable after the excellent works of Hancock, Küchler, Milton, Wyon, Droz, Jordan and Barber, lasted about ten years and then a revival set in. It is true that during the decadent interval Wyon the younger did some good work ; but the art wanted the old stimulus of encouragement. The demonetisation of tokens seemed to have brought about something like a collapse in the art of die-sinking ; and indeed the full appreciation of such works has only been renewed during the last few years. Sir Edward Thomason, at his works in Church St., Birmingham, did his best to worthily succeed his old master, Matthew Boulton ; and by the help of such artists as Mills, Webb, and others, he produced some excellent work, including among many silver and copper tokens, the well-known forty-shilling gold pieces of Reading. Halliday, too, played a no unimportant part in the medallic art of the period; Averon, Ottley, and Davis also did good work; but Allen and Moore of Gt. Hampton Row, afterwards Joseph Moore, Summer Lane and Pitsford St., as a continuous firm have a record in general die-sinking which only for want of space cannot be chronicled in detail. They may be regarded as following the best nineteenth century artists of the Birmingham school. Among the more important productions selected from medals, coins, &c, in the Art Gallery of the City of Birmingham are the following : Medals: N° 1. Aston Hall. Obv. Bust of Queen Victoria, within a wreath of rose, shamrock, and thistle, surrounded by an inscription commemorating the visit of the late Queen in 1858. R. Representation of this fine historic Elizabethan Mansion ; the inscription records that the Hall was purchased, with 43 acres of park, by the people of Birmingham. A specimen of this medal, in gold, was graciously accepted by Queen Victoria. It is one of the best produced by Joseph Moore. N° 2. A set of the English Cathedrals, of large module, with faithful representations of those venerable piles, which are among the most valued possessions of the country. N° 3 . A set of eminent men, including Lord Brougham, Sir Charles Napier — with reverse a ship — the Duke of Wellington, and General Gordon. Also local celebrities, such as George Frederick Muntz, M. P., George Dawson, the Rt Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, and John Henry Chamberlain. N° 4. Medals of public institutions : the two best being King Edward's Grammar School and the Institution for the Blind. N° 5. Prize and Exhibition medals and medals and badges of Societies, Orders, and Lodges. One —3 1/2 inches in diameter — was for the Government of the New South Wales. The medals commemorating the 1851 Universal Exhibition in London, with busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are perhaps Allen and Moore's best known works. Pattern for a coinage, In 1860 Joseph Moore struck three pattern pennies which Montagu recognized as of sufficient merit to include in his work on the copper coinage (see page 80, n°s 1,2 and 3). There is also a Model Two shilling piece by him, illustrated above, and signed A and M. Tokens, &c. Tokens of Australia. Model money and tradesmen's checks of the better class. In this section is included the Cent and Half-cent of Rajah Brooke, of Sarawak, North Borneo ; the dies for which were engraved for the Mint, Birmingham. In the Frankfort series of Medals, those in honour of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, and Johannes Ronge were also issued by this firm. Moore did work for Messrs Elkington and Co, Messrs Collis and Co, and other well-known houses. He died, generally lamented and respected for his talents and his genial character, in September 1892. To his honour and that of the town, his portrait hangs in the public Art Gallery. By Allen and Moore are also the following medals : St. Thomas's Hospital, London ; — Institute for the Blind, Birmingham ; — Northern and Southern Hospital, Liverpool ; — Midland Institute for the Blind, Nottingham ; — Dr (Johann Christoph) Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) of Weimar (Pub. by C. L. Northon, Birm.); — Salomon Heine (1766-1844) of Hamburg. For further information Vide. JOSEPH MOORE infra. Bibliography. — The above details were kindly supplied by W. J. Davis Esq., the well-known author of the Token Coinage of Warwickshire.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH
KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Son of the last; born at' Breslau, in 1773, and also a Medallist. His early life was spent at Berlin, but in 1824 he settled at Dresden. To him are ascribed the following medals : Centenary of Pomerania's homage prestation, 1821 (signed : F. KÖNIG FEC.) ; — Rebuilding of the town of Gnesen destroyed by fire, 1823 ; — Silver Wedding of Leopold Frederick, Duke of Anhalt, and Frederike née Princess of Prussia ; — Portugalöser with bust of the Prince Elector Joachim,...
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KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Son of the last; born at' Breslau, in 1773, and also a Medallist. His early life was spent at Berlin, but in 1824 he settled at Dresden. To him are ascribed the following medals : Centenary of Pomerania's homage prestation, 1821 (signed : F. KÖNIG FEC.) ; — Rebuilding of the town of Gnesen destroyed by fire, 1823 ; — Silver Wedding of Leopold Frederick, Duke of Anhalt, and Frederike née Princess of Prussia ; — Portugalöser with bust of the Prince Elector Joachim,...
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LEONI, LODOVICO
LEONI, LODOVICO called IL PADOVANINO or IL PADOVANO (Ital.). Painter, Modeller in wax, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Padua in 1531; died at Rome in 1606; some say in 1612. He executed Portrait-medallions in wax, besides painting in oil and fresco landscapes and historical subjects. He is said to have been employed as Engraver at the Mint of Rome, circa 1573-1586; notwithstanding, only one of the many medals of Pope Gregory XIII. bears his signature L. PADOVAN. ; others may be looked for...
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LEONI, LODOVICO called IL PADOVANINO or IL PADOVANO (Ital.). Painter, Modeller in wax, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Padua in 1531; died at Rome in 1606; some say in 1612. He executed Portrait-medallions in wax, besides painting in oil and fresco landscapes and historical subjects. He is said to have been employed as Engraver at the Mint of Rome, circa 1573-1586; notwithstanding, only one of the many medals of Pope Gregory XIII. bears his signature L. PADOVAN. ; others may be looked for...
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AATZ, JOSEPH
AATZ, JOSEPH (Germ.). Master or Inspector of the Electoral Mint of Mayence, during the bishopric of Frederick Charles Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802). His initials I. A. appear on various coins, among which the most noteworthy are the following : Ducat of 1795, Convention thalers of 1794 (2 var.), and 1795, and on a medal, engraved by Fred. Stieler on the Defeat of the French under General Jourdan, 1795, by General Count von Clairfait. Bibliography. — Reimmann Münzen u. Medaillen-Cabinet, Ad. Hess...
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AATZ, JOSEPH (Germ.). Master or Inspector of the Electoral Mint of Mayence, during the bishopric of Frederick Charles Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802). His initials I. A. appear on various coins, among which the most noteworthy are the following : Ducat of 1795, Convention thalers of 1794 (2 var.), and 1795, and on a medal, engraved by Fred. Stieler on the Defeat of the French under General Jourdan, 1795, by General Count von Clairfait. Bibliography. — Reimmann Münzen u. Medaillen-Cabinet, Ad. Hess...
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ABBO
ABBO (French). Merovingian Moneyer, who worked at Chalons circa A.D. 593, and later at Limoges, circa A.D. 604. In the Cuerdale find a curious piece was met with, bearing on obv. the legend ABBO MONET or MANET, and a Merovingian bust, and on R. a cruciform monogram. The Vicomte Ponton d'Ame-court, and after him Mr. Kenyon, in his Gold Coins of England, concluded that Abbo worked as moneyer in England and that he was one of the Franks who accompanied St Augustine to England, in 596 or 597. It is ...
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ABBO (French). Merovingian Moneyer, who worked at Chalons circa A.D. 593, and later at Limoges, circa A.D. 604. In the Cuerdale find a curious piece was met with, bearing on obv. the legend ABBO MONET or MANET, and a Merovingian bust, and on R. a cruciform monogram. The Vicomte Ponton d'Ame-court, and after him Mr. Kenyon, in his Gold Coins of England, concluded that Abbo worked as moneyer in England and that he was one of the Franks who accompanied St Augustine to England, in 596 or 597. It is ...
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