ECKHER, HANNS VON SCHRECKENSTEIN (Bohem). Warden of the Mint at Prague, 1621.
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
DOUBLEDAY
DOUBLEDAY (Brit.). Coin-dealer and Forger of ancient and modern coins, of the first half of the nineteenth century. He is the acknowledged author of a copy of the celebrated Oxford crown, cast from the original in the British Museum. Whether he did copies with the intention of deceiving collectors or not is open to doubt; he also produced electrotype impressions of over two thousand seals, from the London and Paris collections, and dealt in these. It appears from a letter I have recently seen th...
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DOUBLEDAY (Brit.). Coin-dealer and Forger of ancient and modern coins, of the first half of the nineteenth century. He is the acknowledged author of a copy of the celebrated Oxford crown, cast from the original in the British Museum. Whether he did copies with the intention of deceiving collectors or not is open to doubt; he also produced electrotype impressions of over two thousand seals, from the London and Paris collections, and dealt in these. It appears from a letter I have recently seen th...
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DRAPPENTIER, D.
DRAPPENTIER, D. (Dutch) Medallist, born at Dordrecht, in which city he worked during the latter half of the seventeenth century. His name is indifferently spelt Drapentier, Trappentier, or Trapentier. Several medals of the English series are signed by this Engraver : Literary Reward, 1691, presented by King William III., during his visit to Holland, to poets who distinguised themselves in celebrating the expedition to Britain ; — Pacification of Ireland, 1691 ; — Peace of Ryswick (medal struck b...
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DRAPPENTIER, D. (Dutch) Medallist, born at Dordrecht, in which city he worked during the latter half of the seventeenth century. His name is indifferently spelt Drapentier, Trappentier, or Trapentier. Several medals of the English series are signed by this Engraver : Literary Reward, 1691, presented by King William III., during his visit to Holland, to poets who distinguised themselves in celebrating the expedition to Britain ; — Pacification of Ireland, 1691 ; — Peace of Ryswick (medal struck b...
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DRAPPENTIER, JAN
DRAPPENTIER, JAN (Dutch). Son of the preceding; filled the post of Engraver at the Mint of Dordrecht, in the early part of the eighteenth century. He is the author of the following medals : Death of Queen Mary, 28 Dec./7 Jan. 1694/5 (2 var-) ; — Peace of Ryswick, 1697 (medal struck by order of the magistrates of Amsterdam); — Peace Rejoicings at Gouda, 1697 (2var.); — Peace of Utrecht, 1713 (Dutch memorial of the Peace of Utrecht); — Jubilee of the University of Utrecht (signed : DRAP. F.), &c. ...
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DRAPPENTIER, JAN (Dutch). Son of the preceding; filled the post of Engraver at the Mint of Dordrecht, in the early part of the eighteenth century. He is the author of the following medals : Death of Queen Mary, 28 Dec./7 Jan. 1694/5 (2 var-) ; — Peace of Ryswick, 1697 (medal struck by order of the magistrates of Amsterdam); — Peace Rejoicings at Gouda, 1697 (2var.); — Peace of Utrecht, 1713 (Dutch memorial of the Peace of Utrecht); — Jubilee of the University of Utrecht (signed : DRAP. F.), &c. ...
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DRENTWETT, SEBALD
DRENTWETT, SEBALD (Germ.). Die-sinker at Augsburg, 1845- 1860, and afterwards at Nuremberg. The present firm is under the management of C. Drentwett, at Augsburg. In a catalogue issued in 1897 a large number of medals issued by Sebald Drentwett and his successors, from 1828 to the present day, are offered for sale. Of the 230 specimens mentioned in the list, I can only enumerate a few : BADEN, Dr Carl v. Rotteck, 1832; — General von Auerswald, 1848; — Archbishop Hermann of Freiburg, 1850; — 5th ...
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DRENTWETT, SEBALD (Germ.). Die-sinker at Augsburg, 1845- 1860, and afterwards at Nuremberg. The present firm is under the management of C. Drentwett, at Augsburg. In a catalogue issued in 1897 a large number of medals issued by Sebald Drentwett and his successors, from 1828 to the present day, are offered for sale. Of the 230 specimens mentioned in the list, I can only enumerate a few : BADEN, Dr Carl v. Rotteck, 1832; — General von Auerswald, 1848; — Archbishop Hermann of Freiburg, 1850; — 5th ...
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