BRITTEU (Amer.). Contemporary Die-sinker of Lima (Peru). His name appears on a Peruvian war medal of 1863.
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
BORNER, PETER PAUL
BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORREL, ALFRED
BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE
BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE (French). Born, 24. July 1804, died 29. March 1882. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the medallist J. J. Barre, who was then Engraver-general at the French Mint. He was 24 years old when he engraved his first portrait, that of the actor Picard ; this was followed by others of Andrieux, Alexandre Duval, Yon Barré, Népomucéne Lemercier, and Mme Duval. Three years later, the young artist received an appointment at the Monaco Mint under Honoré V. From that date, h...
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BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE (French). Born, 24. July 1804, died 29. March 1882. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the medallist J. J. Barre, who was then Engraver-general at the French Mint. He was 24 years old when he engraved his first portrait, that of the actor Picard ; this was followed by others of Andrieux, Alexandre Duval, Yon Barré, Népomucéne Lemercier, and Mme Duval. Three years later, the young artist received an appointment at the Monaco Mint under Honoré V. From that date, h...
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BORRIEN AND MAGENS
BORRIEN AND MAGENS (Brit.). " In the year 1798, in consequence of the extreme scarcity of silver money, Messrs. Dorrien and Magens sent a quantity of bullion to the Mint to be coined according to the law, which had never been repealed, by which it was enacted that any one sending bullion to the Mint might have it coined into money, upon the payment of certain dues. The whole was actually coined into shillings from dies varying very slightly from those of 1787, but with the date 1798, and having ...
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BORRIEN AND MAGENS (Brit.). " In the year 1798, in consequence of the extreme scarcity of silver money, Messrs. Dorrien and Magens sent a quantity of bullion to the Mint to be coined according to the law, which had never been repealed, by which it was enacted that any one sending bullion to the Mint might have it coined into money, upon the payment of certain dues. The whole was actually coined into shillings from dies varying very slightly from those of 1787, but with the date 1798, and having ...
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