BÖRER. Die-sinker at Augsburg, 1731-1756.
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
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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BÉVILLE, PAUL JULES ALBERT
BÉVILLE, PAUL JULES ALBERT (French). Contemporary Medallist, born at Tours, and residing at Paris, 95 Avenue de Villiers ; a pupil of the sculptor Chapu. He is the author of several Portraitmedallions, amongst which that of Louis Victor Baillot, the last French survivor or the battle of Waterloo, decorated on 29th February 1896 with the cross of the Legion of Honour, is mentioned by Dr F. P. Weber in his article on Medals of Centenarians, Num. Chron., 1897, P- 311. He has also executed Portrait-...
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BÉVILLE, PAUL JULES ALBERT (French). Contemporary Medallist, born at Tours, and residing at Paris, 95 Avenue de Villiers ; a pupil of the sculptor Chapu. He is the author of several Portraitmedallions, amongst which that of Louis Victor Baillot, the last French survivor or the battle of Waterloo, decorated on 29th February 1896 with the cross of the Legion of Honour, is mentioned by Dr F. P. Weber in his article on Medals of Centenarians, Num. Chron., 1897, P- 311. He has also executed Portrait-...
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