CULANT, GEORGES DE (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Paris; pupil of Lequien, and Vaudet. By him are : 1882. Indian Bacchus, cameo in carnelian; — 1883. Fantaisie, cameo, etc.
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
COLYNS, NICOLAS
COLYNS, NICOLAS (Belg.). Goldsmith, and Engraver of the end of the fourteenth century. In 1395, he executed the seal of the town of Alost, for which he was paid the sum of 5 livres 12 sous of Flanders. The seal engraved by Colyns was 5 1/2 centimetres in diameter, and represented a male figure standing, armoured and helmeted, holding sword in left hand, and a banner in right; on the sides are two shields of arms of the Empire and of Flanders ; legend. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart, Graveurs be...
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COLYNS, NICOLAS (Belg.). Goldsmith, and Engraver of the end of the fourteenth century. In 1395, he executed the seal of the town of Alost, for which he was paid the sum of 5 livres 12 sous of Flanders. The seal engraved by Colyns was 5 1/2 centimetres in diameter, and represented a male figure standing, armoured and helmeted, holding sword in left hand, and a banner in right; on the sides are two shields of arms of the Empire and of Flanders ; legend. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart, Graveurs be...
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CONRADSEN, JOHANNES
CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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CONSTANT, J. B. J.
CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONTAMIN
CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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