CARL LUDWIG SELCHE. Warden at the Berlin Mint, 1751, Mint-master at Düsseldorf, 1767-1770.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
BURGER, SEBASTIAN
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-G...
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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-G...
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BURGMAYR, HANS
BURGMAYR, HANS (Germ.). Die-sinker at Nuremberg ; died in 1859. Bolzenthal assigns to him certain medals which bear the initials H. B., such as those commemorating Hans Sebald Beham and Consort; — Justinian von Holzhausen; — Johannes Fichard and Frau Elizabeth; — Charles V., 1548, &c, but it is not unlikely these were executed under or by Hans Sebald Beham, the great Nuremberg painter, 1 500-1550. Burgmayr was a pupil of Durer. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op cit...
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BURGMAYR, HANS (Germ.). Die-sinker at Nuremberg ; died in 1859. Bolzenthal assigns to him certain medals which bear the initials H. B., such as those commemorating Hans Sebald Beham and Consort; — Justinian von Holzhausen; — Johannes Fichard and Frau Elizabeth; — Charles V., 1548, &c, but it is not unlikely these were executed under or by Hans Sebald Beham, the great Nuremberg painter, 1 500-1550. Burgmayr was a pupil of Durer. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op cit...
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BURCH, EDWARD, R. A.
BURCH, EDWARD, R. A. (Brit.). Sculptor and Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century. He was admitted a student to the Academy schools in 1769, after having received some training in St. Martin's Lane. He obtained early notice on account of the great delicacy, truth and finish of his studies. He exhibited at the Academy Exhibitions from 1771 till 1808, sending altogether 86 works. His contributions are described by Redgrave as consisting of models and port...
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BURCH, EDWARD, R. A. (Brit.). Sculptor and Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century. He was admitted a student to the Academy schools in 1769, after having received some training in St. Martin's Lane. He obtained early notice on account of the great delicacy, truth and finish of his studies. He exhibited at the Academy Exhibitions from 1771 till 1808, sending altogether 86 works. His contributions are described by Redgrave as consisting of models and port...
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BUSHELL, THOMAS
BUSHELL, THOMAS (Brit.). Mint-master at Aberystwith and Oxford during the reign of Charles I. " On the 30th of July 1637, a mint was established in the castle of Aberystwith, in the county of Cardigan and principality of Wales, for the purpose of refining and coining the silver drawn from the mines in that principality, the coins to be marked on both sides with the feathers, for a clear difference from other monies. The indenture with Mr. Bushell, master and worker of the Mint, bore the same dat...
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BUSHELL, THOMAS (Brit.). Mint-master at Aberystwith and Oxford during the reign of Charles I. " On the 30th of July 1637, a mint was established in the castle of Aberystwith, in the county of Cardigan and principality of Wales, for the purpose of refining and coining the silver drawn from the mines in that principality, the coins to be marked on both sides with the feathers, for a clear difference from other monies. The indenture with Mr. Bushell, master and worker of the Mint, bore the same dat...
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