BEGEER, CAREL JOSEPH (Dutch). Medallist of Utrecht who founded the present Royal Factory of Silver works of that name. He was a pupil of Johan Philip Menger, and worked for the Utrecht Mint. The present Chief partner in the firm is A. Begeer, who either engraves his own designs or interprets the models supplied by the sculptors Wienecke, Baars, and Bart van Hove. A large number of medals have been issued by this Die-sinking Establishment; I shall content myself in enumerating only some of the later ones : 1890. Accession of Queen Wilhelmina; — Accession of Adolph of Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxemburg ; — Choral Festival at Amsterdam ; — Nine-Pin Competition at Dordrecht ; — 1891. The Zoudenbalch Institution; — 20th Anniversary of the Officers' Mess at Gouda ; — 2nd National Dog Show at Amsterdam; — E. A. Jordens, Burgomaster of Haarlem; — R. Baron van Heeckeren Wassenaer; — Public Rejoicings at Amsterdam; — Prize Medal of the Royal Institute of Engineers; — Rifle Meeting at Hoorn ; — Photographic Exhibition at Amsterdam ; — Prize Medal of the Urban Council of Waalwijk ; — Prize Medal of the Agricultural Society of Friesland ; — Sharpshooters of Groningen ; — 1892. 40th Anniversary of the Society of Commerce of Utrecht; — 4th International Dog Show at Amsterdam; — Visit of the Queen to Utrecht; — Visit of the Queens to Groningen; — International Sporting Exhibition at Scheveningen (3 far.); — W. A. Roelvink; — Foot Ball Match at Scheveningen; — Portraitmedal of Queen Whilhelmina ; — C. H. Backer, of Amsterdam; — D. de Lange; — Prize Medal of the third Regiment of Fort Artillery ; — J. J. Cremer of Haarlem ; — Rifle Meeting at Hoorn ; — Rifle Meeting at Deventer; — Medal for Physical Drill; — Medal of the Skating Club of Zutphen ; — Society for the Promotion of Travelling, Groningen; — Dutch Association of non-commissioned Officers; — Dutch Society of Philatelists; — Association of Utrecht Rifle Clubs; — 150th Anniversary of the Foundry of Joh. Enschedé & Zonen of Haarlem ; — Golden Wedding of J. A. van der Mersch & J. M. Pit; — 5th International Dog Show at Rotterdam ; — Prize Medal of the Amsterdam Sporting Society ; — Association for the promotion of Industry at Utrecht ; — Industrial Exhibition at Utrecht; — 1893. Jubilee of the Firm of Bont & Leijten of Amsterdam ;— Swimming Club of Breukelen ; — Exhibition at Batavia ;— Photographic Exhibition at Utrecht; — Exhibition of Pasoeroean ; — Prof. Tobias Michael Carel Asser, of Amsterdam ; — Rifle Meeting at The Hague; — Rotterdam Cricket and Foot Ball Club ; — Society for the Promotion of foreign travelling; — 1894. 25th Anniversary of the Confraternity of the Holy Family at Rosendaal; — Inauguration of the new University Buildings at Utrecht ; — The new Market at Utrecht ; — 14th Anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina (sev. var.) ; — Athletic Meeting at Utrecht; — Photographic Exhibition of Arnhem; — Exhibition of Liverpool ; — Prize Medal of Rotterdam Academy ; — The Haarlem Lawn-Tennis Club; — Billiard Competition at Haarlem; — Prize Medal of the Society of " Nos jungunt Rosae"; — Prize Medal of the Society " Ornithophilia " of Utrecht; — The Dutch Association of Hotel Proprietors; — Prize Medal of the Dutch Agricultural Society; — Life Insurance Society of Utrecht ; — The T wentsche Pliumvee-Club"; — The Society " Nijmegen Vooruit"; — Swimming Club " Y " of Amsterdam ; — 1895. 25th Anniversary of the Daily Paper " Het Nieuws van den Dag" ; — G. N. de Stoppelaar; — Visit of the two Queens to Maestricht; — 7th International Dog Show at Amsterdam; — 25th Anniversary of the Firms of Stibbe & C° and Schnitzler & C° ; — Excursion to Kiel ; — Prize Medal of the Fencing Competition at Amsterdam ; — Visit of the Queens to Zwolle ; — 9th International Dog Show at Nymwegen; — Photographic Exhibition at Amsterdam; — J. D. Ferwerda, of Hilversum; — Universal Exhibition at Amsterdam; — Dutch Society for the Promotion of Pharmacy; — International Exhibition of Hygienic Foodstuffs; — Exhibition at The Hague ; — Rifle Competition at Hoorn ; — — Rowing and Sailing Club of Monnikendam ; — The Association Graaf Jan van Nassau " ; " — Sharpshooters' Association Oranje-Nassau " of The Hague; — Prize Medal of the Sailing Club "Yerseke"; — 1896. 25th Anniversary of the Association Liefdadigheid naar Vermogen " of Amsterdam ; — Rifle Meeting at Zwolle; — Tombola of April 1896 ; — 52nd Lustrum of the Royal University at Utrecht; — Silver Wedding of William Adolf Maximilian Charles, Prince of Wied, and Wilhelmina Frederica Anna Elizabeth Maria, Princess of the Netherlands ; — Bakery Exhibition at Dordrecht; — Exhibition at Berg-op-Zoom ; — C. Fock ; — F. Th. Westerwoudt; — Prize Medal of the Sporting Club of The Hague; - Prize Medal of the Choral Society "Cecilia"; — Prize Medal of the Dordrecht Rowing and Sailing Club ( W. K. F. Zwierzina, Beschrijving der Medailles sedert 23 November 1890 tot 1 Januari 1897 gestagen aan de Kon. Fabrick van Zilverwerken, firma C. J. Begeer le Utrecht). In 1898 the firm of C. J. Begeer executed several Coronation medals of Queen Wilhelmina, modelled by Wortmann. At the Paris Universal Exhibition they exhibited a frame of medals. DrH. -J. de Dompierre de Chaufpié illustrates several of their works in " Les Médailles et Plaquettes modernes", La Haye, 1899. Amongst the most recent productions of C. J. Begeer are : The Peace Conference at The Hague (illustrated) ; — Visit of the Queen to Utrecht; — Marriage of, Queen Wilhelmina, 1901; -- Dr S. Talma, of Utrecht, 1901 ; — Hospital for Consumptives at Utrecht, 1898 (2var.); &c.
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
BALLIN, CLAUDE
BALLIN, CLAUDE (French). Succeeded Jean Varin as Director of the Paris Medal-Mint, 1676 — 1678. This famous artist, who was born in Paris in 1615 and died at the Louvre on the 22nd January 1678, is the most celebrated goldsmith of the second half of the seventeenth century. His productions were works of art, which unfortunately have nearly all been destroyed, partly under Louis XIV. when through the necessities of state most of the existing plate in France was melted down to be turned into curre...
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BALLIN, CLAUDE (French). Succeeded Jean Varin as Director of the Paris Medal-Mint, 1676 — 1678. This famous artist, who was born in Paris in 1615 and died at the Louvre on the 22nd January 1678, is the most celebrated goldsmith of the second half of the seventeenth century. His productions were works of art, which unfortunately have nearly all been destroyed, partly under Louis XIV. when through the necessities of state most of the existing plate in France was melted down to be turned into curre...
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BALTIMORE, LORD
BALTIMORE, LORD (Brit.). Lord Proprietor of Maryland, issued a series of coins, temp. Charles II., for circulation in his own province. They are Shillings, Sixpences, and Groats in silver, and Pennies in copper. The obv. of these present a bare head, in profile, of Lord Baltimore, with the legend CAECILIVS D'NS TERRAE MARIAE &c. T. and on R. his arms under the crown of his palatinate, with indication of value. The penny bears the inscription DENARIVM TERRAE MARIAE. Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals...
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BALTIMORE, LORD (Brit.). Lord Proprietor of Maryland, issued a series of coins, temp. Charles II., for circulation in his own province. They are Shillings, Sixpences, and Groats in silver, and Pennies in copper. The obv. of these present a bare head, in profile, of Lord Baltimore, with the legend CAECILIVS D'NS TERRAE MARIAE &c. T. and on R. his arms under the crown of his palatinate, with indication of value. The penny bears the inscription DENARIVM TERRAE MARIAE. Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals...
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BALUGANI, FILIPPO
BALUGANI, FILIPPO (Ital.) 1734-1780. Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century, whose best known productions are the medals he engraved in honour of the mathematician and physician Vincenzo Riccati ; — Francesco Zanotti ; — Giacomo Gradonico ; — Dr Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), of Padua, 1771 , etc. He was- a pupil of Vittorio Bigari, and became a member of the Clementine Academy. At Bologna he filled the post of Engraver of the coins to the city. His signature on the medals is F...
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BALUGANI, FILIPPO (Ital.) 1734-1780. Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century, whose best known productions are the medals he engraved in honour of the mathematician and physician Vincenzo Riccati ; — Francesco Zanotti ; — Giacomo Gradonico ; — Dr Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), of Padua, 1771 , etc. He was- a pupil of Vittorio Bigari, and became a member of the Clementine Academy. At Bologna he filled the post of Engraver of the coins to the city. His signature on the medals is F...
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BARBER, CHARLES E.
BARBER, CHARLES E. (Amer.). Sixth Engraver to the United States Mint at Philadelphia. He was a son of William Barber, and was born in London, in 1840. "He was appointed an assistant in 1869 and became the official head by promotion in 1880, to fill the vacancy caused by his father's death. The appointment was not unmerited. Mr. Barber's five-cent piece is a successful venture in very low relief. His handiwork is more or less visible in all the principal medals executed since 1869. Since his appo...
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BARBER, CHARLES E. (Amer.). Sixth Engraver to the United States Mint at Philadelphia. He was a son of William Barber, and was born in London, in 1840. "He was appointed an assistant in 1869 and became the official head by promotion in 1880, to fill the vacancy caused by his father's death. The appointment was not unmerited. Mr. Barber's five-cent piece is a successful venture in very low relief. His handiwork is more or less visible in all the principal medals executed since 1869. Since his appo...
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