BORDIGA, B. (Ital.). Medallist of the beginning of the nineteenth century. His name appears on a rare medal of Dr Paolo Assalini, surgeon to Duke Ercole III. (Estense). This medal is in the possession of Dr Brettauer, of Trieste, and is illustrated in Rivista Italiana di Numismatica, 1898.
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
BESRODNY, WASSILI
BESRODNY, WASSILI (Russian). Medallist, born in 1783, died in 1806. He was a pupil of the Fine Art Academy of St. Petersburg and obtained the second prize in 1801 and the first in 1803 for modelling from nature, and in the same year a gold medal. He entered the St. Petersburg Mint in the following year . By him are the obvs. of the medals of Prince Potemkin ; — Annexation of Crimea with Russia, 1783 ; — Establishment of the Governorship of Ekaterinoslaw and the Tauric Province; — Conquest of Ots...
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BESRODNY, WASSILI (Russian). Medallist, born in 1783, died in 1806. He was a pupil of the Fine Art Academy of St. Petersburg and obtained the second prize in 1801 and the first in 1803 for modelling from nature, and in the same year a gold medal. He entered the St. Petersburg Mint in the following year . By him are the obvs. of the medals of Prince Potemkin ; — Annexation of Crimea with Russia, 1783 ; — Establishment of the Governorship of Ekaterinoslaw and the Tauric Province; — Conquest of Ots...
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BESSON, GUY
BESSON, GUY (French). Master of the Mint of Cornavin, Geneva; appointed to the post by Count Louis of Savoy, December 1450. Dr Lade supposes that the quatrefoil on the obv. legend of the deniers issued at that mint is the moneyer's mark *. Bibliography. — Dr Ladé, Contribution á la Numismatique dts Ducs de Savoie, Revue suisse de numismatique, 1896. ...
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BESSON, GUY (French). Master of the Mint of Cornavin, Geneva; appointed to the post by Count Louis of Savoy, December 1450. Dr Lade supposes that the quatrefoil on the obv. legend of the deniers issued at that mint is the moneyer's mark *. Bibliography. — Dr Ladé, Contribution á la Numismatique dts Ducs de Savoie, Revue suisse de numismatique, 1896. ...
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BETTE
BETTE (Belg.). Presumably a female Coin-engraver of the fourteenth century. She was succeeded by Guillaume Verghetot in that capacity at the Mint of Ghent. In a document of 1345, she is designated : " A Bette, nostre tailleresse, pour faire le moustre des fers des premiers Gros et Dardelins : X. S. gros.. " Bette is probably only an abbreviation of Elizabeth. As shown by the above record, she was commissioned to cut the dies of the Gros and Dardelins struck in the first year of Louis de Male, Co...
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BETTE (Belg.). Presumably a female Coin-engraver of the fourteenth century. She was succeeded by Guillaume Verghetot in that capacity at the Mint of Ghent. In a document of 1345, she is designated : " A Bette, nostre tailleresse, pour faire le moustre des fers des premiers Gros et Dardelins : X. S. gros.. " Bette is probably only an abbreviation of Elizabeth. As shown by the above record, she was commissioned to cut the dies of the Gros and Dardelins struck in the first year of Louis de Male, Co...
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BETULIUS
BETULIUS (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, who resided at Stuttgart between 1786 and 1797. He was born in 1764 and died in 1797. Amongst other pieces, there is a Coronation medal of Leopold II. of Germany, 1790, engraved by him; also another of Francis II., and several Würtemberg coins and medals, such as the Convention thaler of 1794 of Louis Eugéne ; — Historic Thaler on the third centenary of the Dukedom of Würtemberg, 1795 ; — Medal on the first centenary of th...
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BETULIUS (Germ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century, who resided at Stuttgart between 1786 and 1797. He was born in 1764 and died in 1797. Amongst other pieces, there is a Coronation medal of Leopold II. of Germany, 1790, engraved by him; also another of Francis II., and several Würtemberg coins and medals, such as the Convention thaler of 1794 of Louis Eugéne ; — Historic Thaler on the third centenary of the Dukedom of Würtemberg, 1795 ; — Medal on the first centenary of th...
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