EGGENBERGER, BALTHASAR (Austr.). Mint-master at Gratz. He died in prison, 1493. Kreuzer and Four-pfenning pieces, dated 1458, are known by him.
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.
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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DROPSY, ÉMILE
DROPSY, ÉMILE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris, pupil of Levasseur. At the Salon of 1898 he obtained a thirdclass Medal. One of his latest works is a plaque representing a Mower. For the firm of L. Chalin, and others, he has engraved a Targe series of medals, medalets, and plaques representing Christ; — the Virgin ; — Aima Mater ; — Salvator Mundi ; — Ave Maria ; — The Parisian ; — Souvenir of Contrexeville ; — The Coming Year; — Paysanne ; — Vierges au Calvaire ; — St. George...
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DROPSY, ÉMILE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris, pupil of Levasseur. At the Salon of 1898 he obtained a thirdclass Medal. One of his latest works is a plaque representing a Mower. For the firm of L. Chalin, and others, he has engraved a Targe series of medals, medalets, and plaques representing Christ; — the Virgin ; — Aima Mater ; — Salvator Mundi ; — Ave Maria ; — The Parisian ; — Souvenir of Contrexeville ; — The Coming Year; — Paysanne ; — Vierges au Calvaire ; — St. George...
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DROZ, JEAN
DROZ, JEAN (Swiss). Engraver at the Mint of Geneva, from before the 17th of September, 1540, until the 16th November, 1556. From the 8th of March, 1546, to the 8th March, 1547, he was employed both as Assayer and Engraver. It is very probable that he succeeded Louis Gaillard in 1539, as from documents we find he had engraved dies for Testons already before the 11th of September, 1540. Bibliography. — Dr. C. F. Trachsel, Les Maîtres, les Graveurs et les Essayeurs de la Monnaie de Geneve,1535-1792...
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DROZ, JEAN (Swiss). Engraver at the Mint of Geneva, from before the 17th of September, 1540, until the 16th November, 1556. From the 8th of March, 1546, to the 8th March, 1547, he was employed both as Assayer and Engraver. It is very probable that he succeeded Louis Gaillard in 1539, as from documents we find he had engraved dies for Testons already before the 11th of September, 1540. Bibliography. — Dr. C. F. Trachsel, Les Maîtres, les Graveurs et les Essayeurs de la Monnaie de Geneve,1535-1792...
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DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE
DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE (Swiss). A celebrated Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel) on the 17th of April, 1746, died at Paris on the 2nd of March, 1823. His father, Daniel Droz, was a manufacturer of agricultural implements; his mother's name was Suzanne Esther Brandt dit Gruérin. Quite young, he was apprenticed to his father and learned the first elements of working on metal. Thanks to an extraordinary aptitude for drawing, a taste which was sedulously cultivated b...
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DROZ, JEAN-PIERRE (Swiss). A celebrated Coin-engraver and Medallist, born at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel) on the 17th of April, 1746, died at Paris on the 2nd of March, 1823. His father, Daniel Droz, was a manufacturer of agricultural implements; his mother's name was Suzanne Esther Brandt dit Gruérin. Quite young, he was apprenticed to his father and learned the first elements of working on metal. Thanks to an extraordinary aptitude for drawing, a taste which was sedulously cultivated b...
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