DUBOIS, JEAN GEORGES (French). Mint-master at Strassburg from year XII of the First Republic to 1825. Distinctive mark, a sheaf of corn.
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.
DEVRIES, S.
DEVRIES, S. (Dutch). Medallist residing at Amsterdam, and Diesinker. In 1860, he produced a beautiful Portrait-medal of the painter Ary Scheffer. The commemorative medal of the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Dutch Agricultural Society of The Hague, 1873, is another of this artist's best works. He was Engraver to His Majesty the King of Holland, and cut a large number of medals commemorating public events and others, amongst them : Medico- Chirurgical Society of Amsterdam; — Dutch Red cross, 1...
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DEVRIES, S. (Dutch). Medallist residing at Amsterdam, and Diesinker. In 1860, he produced a beautiful Portrait-medal of the painter Ary Scheffer. The commemorative medal of the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Dutch Agricultural Society of The Hague, 1873, is another of this artist's best works. He was Engraver to His Majesty the King of Holland, and cut a large number of medals commemorating public events and others, amongst them : Medico- Chirurgical Society of Amsterdam; — Dutch Red cross, 1...
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DEXAMENOS
DEXAMENOS (Greek). Gem-engraver of Chios who flourished at the end of the fifth, and beginning of the fourth, century, before Christ, or according to Dr Arthur J. Evans, between 460 and 430 B.C. Four gems signed by this artist have come down to us. The oldest of these according to style is a calcedony in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, on which is represented a lady engaged at her toilet ; a servant holds a mirror in front of her. This intaglio (illustrated) bears the name of the engraver ?...
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DEXAMENOS (Greek). Gem-engraver of Chios who flourished at the end of the fifth, and beginning of the fourth, century, before Christ, or according to Dr Arthur J. Evans, between 460 and 430 B.C. Four gems signed by this artist have come down to us. The oldest of these according to style is a calcedony in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, on which is represented a lady engaged at her toilet ; a servant holds a mirror in front of her. This intaglio (illustrated) bears the name of the engraver ?...
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DICKIESONE, CHARLES
DICKIESONE or DICKENSON, CHARLES (Scotch). Die-sinker and Seal-engraver of the second quarter of the seventeenth century, who worked at the Mint of Edinburgh, 1625-1636. He was employed to engrave a signet for King Charles I., but in 1636 he is mentioned as having maliciously spoilt Briot's portrait of the King on the Half-Merk of the second issue. " Whether through undue haste in the execution of the coinage, to supply the necessitous estate of the countries, or what is Quite possible, through ...
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DICKIESONE or DICKENSON, CHARLES (Scotch). Die-sinker and Seal-engraver of the second quarter of the seventeenth century, who worked at the Mint of Edinburgh, 1625-1636. He was employed to engrave a signet for King Charles I., but in 1636 he is mentioned as having maliciously spoilt Briot's portrait of the King on the Half-Merk of the second issue. " Whether through undue haste in the execution of the coinage, to supply the necessitous estate of the countries, or what is Quite possible, through ...
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DIERICKZ, CHARLES LOUIS JOSEPH
DIERICKZ, CHARLES LOUIS JOSEPH (French). Director of the Paris Mint, circa 1845 to 1860. Until 1878, the Directors of the French Mints were not state officials but private individuals. Thus we find that Dierickz, whilst filling the post of Director of the Paris Mint, issued in 1845 and 1846, subsidiary silver coins at the Mint of Rouen. From 1840 to 1846, under Louis-Philippe, he held the office of Director of the Mint at Lille, where his distinctive symbol was a retort, whereas in Rouen and Pa...
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DIERICKZ, CHARLES LOUIS JOSEPH (French). Director of the Paris Mint, circa 1845 to 1860. Until 1878, the Directors of the French Mints were not state officials but private individuals. Thus we find that Dierickz, whilst filling the post of Director of the Paris Mint, issued in 1845 and 1846, subsidiary silver coins at the Mint of Rouen. From 1840 to 1846, under Louis-Philippe, he held the office of Director of the Mint at Lille, where his distinctive symbol was a retort, whereas in Rouen and Pa...
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