BURGER, SEBASTIAN or SAMUEL (Swiss). Medallist of the beginning of the nineteenth century, born on April 3., 1791, died 12. December 1848. He engraved one of the medals known as “ Sechszehner pfenning" for Berne (1818?), aud others on the Battle of Morgarten ; — Ossuary of Morat; 1844 ; — Glaris Shooting Medal, 1847; — Mechtild and Anna von Seiler; — Events at Neuchâtel in 1857; — Insel Spital, Berne, 1718-1818. This Engraver's initials appear also on a Beromünster St. Michaels Gulden and Half-Gulden. Bibliography. — Tobler-Meyer, op. cit. — Poole, Descriptive Catalogue of the Swiss Coins in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1878. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Schweizer Münzen unci Medaillen. Dubletten des Historischen Museums zu Bern, Frankfurt a/M., 1898. — C. Brun, op. cit.
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
BRAEMT, JOSEPH PIERRE
BRAEMT, JOSEPH PIERRE (Belg.). Medallist and Coin-engraver; born at Ghent in 1796 ; died at Brussels on the 2. December 1864. He studied under Verhulot, Galle and Bosio. One of his first productions of note was the great seal of the Academy of Ghent and a medal commemorating the foundation of this institution. In 1819, he received a pension from the Government ; for a number of years, he filled the post of Chief-engraver at the Brussels Mint. The following medals were engraved by this artist : 1...
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BRAEMT, JOSEPH PIERRE (Belg.). Medallist and Coin-engraver; born at Ghent in 1796 ; died at Brussels on the 2. December 1864. He studied under Verhulot, Galle and Bosio. One of his first productions of note was the great seal of the Academy of Ghent and a medal commemorating the foundation of this institution. In 1819, he received a pension from the Government ; for a number of years, he filled the post of Chief-engraver at the Brussels Mint. The following medals were engraved by this artist : 1...
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BRAKENHAUSEN, FERDINAND
BRAKENHAUSEN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist of Berlin, born in 1835, died in 1895. By this artist are a number of cast Portrait-medallions, in the style of sixteenth century masters : Hermann Dannenberg, and his wife, 1884 ; — Johann Brakenhausen ; — Prince Bismarck; — Landgerichtsrath Hesse; — Warnecke; — Golz; — Von der Mülbe; — Bellermann, painter; — Privy Councillor Hoyer; — Julius Count Oeynhausen ; — Van Moers, 1885 ; — Helene Brakenhausen ; — Portrait of the artist himself, &...
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BRAKENHAUSEN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist of Berlin, born in 1835, died in 1895. By this artist are a number of cast Portrait-medallions, in the style of sixteenth century masters : Hermann Dannenberg, and his wife, 1884 ; — Johann Brakenhausen ; — Prince Bismarck; — Landgerichtsrath Hesse; — Warnecke; — Golz; — Von der Mülbe; — Bellermann, painter; — Privy Councillor Hoyer; — Julius Count Oeynhausen ; — Van Moers, 1885 ; — Helene Brakenhausen ; — Portrait of the artist himself, &...
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BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS
BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS (Swiss). 1789-1845. Medallist, born on the 13. January 1789 at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel). His first master in engraving was the watch-case-maker, Perret, in whose apprenticeship he was placed at the age of eleven, in 1800. Seven years later he went to Paris, where his fellow countryman, J. P. Droz, then Keeper of the Paris Medal Mint, procured a situation for him as Engraver of coin-dies, medals, &c. During his residence in France, Brandt studied under the paint...
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BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS (Swiss). 1789-1845. Medallist, born on the 13. January 1789 at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel). His first master in engraving was the watch-case-maker, Perret, in whose apprenticeship he was placed at the age of eleven, in 1800. Seven years later he went to Paris, where his fellow countryman, J. P. Droz, then Keeper of the Paris Medal Mint, procured a situation for him as Engraver of coin-dies, medals, &c. During his residence in France, Brandt studied under the paint...
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BRASHER, ABRAM
BRASHER, ABRAM (Amer.). Jeweller and Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, who struck the extremely rare and valuable Brasher Doubloon. We find the following particulars of this interesting piece in the Proceedings of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1899, p. 17 : " Brasher issued his gold piece in 1787 ; it was about the size of a Spanish doubloon and was intended as a suggestion for a State coinage. On the obverse appears the rising sun, as on the arms of ...
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BRASHER, ABRAM (Amer.). Jeweller and Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, who struck the extremely rare and valuable Brasher Doubloon. We find the following particulars of this interesting piece in the Proceedings of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1899, p. 17 : " Brasher issued his gold piece in 1787 ; it was about the size of a Spanish doubloon and was intended as a suggestion for a State coinage. On the obverse appears the rising sun, as on the arms of ...
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