BUSCH, JOHANN CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Coin-engraver and Mintmaster at Ratisbon, 1741-1766. His initials on the currency are I.C.B. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, 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
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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BRAUN, JOHANN BARTHOLOMAEUS
BRAUN, JOHANN BARTHOLOMAEUS (Germ.). Medallist of the seventeenth century, who worked circ. 1636-1666, and died in 1684. He resided at Nüremberg, and is mentioned as having modelled the patterns in wax of the medals of Bishop Philip Valentine of Bamberg. The following medals are said to be Braun's work : Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg, Bishop of Bamberg, 1642- 1653 (undated); — Andreas Imhoof (1636); — Sigismund Gabriel Holzschuher (1642); — Christoph Fuerer (1645 and 1653); — Johann Jacob Tetze...
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BRAUN, JOHANN BARTHOLOMAEUS (Germ.). Medallist of the seventeenth century, who worked circ. 1636-1666, and died in 1684. He resided at Nüremberg, and is mentioned as having modelled the patterns in wax of the medals of Bishop Philip Valentine of Bamberg. The following medals are said to be Braun's work : Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg, Bishop of Bamberg, 1642- 1653 (undated); — Andreas Imhoof (1636); — Sigismund Gabriel Holzschuher (1642); — Christoph Fuerer (1645 and 1653); — Johann Jacob Tetze...
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BREHMER, FRIEDRICH
BREHMER, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 25th of November 1815, died at Hanover on the 2nd February 1889. He was appointed Mint-engraver and Medallist at the Royal Mint of Hanover in 1846. His bust of King Ernest Augustus, which appears on the Hanoverian coins from 1848 to 1851 and also on medals, as those commemorating the 81st Birthday of the Sovereign, 1851, and the Inauguration of the Ernest Augustus Monument at Hanover, 1861, is considered amongst the best works of th...
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BREHMER, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 25th of November 1815, died at Hanover on the 2nd February 1889. He was appointed Mint-engraver and Medallist at the Royal Mint of Hanover in 1846. His bust of King Ernest Augustus, which appears on the Hanoverian coins from 1848 to 1851 and also on medals, as those commemorating the 81st Birthday of the Sovereign, 1851, and the Inauguration of the Ernest Augustus Monument at Hanover, 1861, is considered amongst the best works of th...
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BREITHUT, PETER
BREITHUT, PETER (Austrian). Contemporary Medallist, born at Krems, on the 13th of June, 1869, and residing now at Vienna. He was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his father, and studied modelling and chasing under Professor Schwartz. He is one of the leading Viennese artists, who with such masters as Anton Scharff, Stephan Schwartz, Pawlik, and others rank second only to the French medallists. Ritter von Loehr commends Breithuts' work very highly. Amongst his latest works. I may mention : 1896. Por...
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BREITHUT, PETER (Austrian). Contemporary Medallist, born at Krems, on the 13th of June, 1869, and residing now at Vienna. He was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his father, and studied modelling and chasing under Professor Schwartz. He is one of the leading Viennese artists, who with such masters as Anton Scharff, Stephan Schwartz, Pawlik, and others rank second only to the French medallists. Ritter von Loehr commends Breithuts' work very highly. Amongst his latest works. I may mention : 1896. Por...
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