FABRIS, ANTONIO (ltd.). Venetian Coin-engraver and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century ; he was employed at the Mint of Venice from about 1827, and in 1856, when he struck a medal commemorating the visit of the Emperor and Empress of Austria to Venice, he still filled the same post. This artist was born at Udine, learned the goldsmith's art, and first worked at Flo- rence, where he came in 1823. By him are several Portrait-medals of the great sculptor Canova, which count amongst his earliest works; in 1833, he produced a commemorative piece of Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany, and in 1848, two beautiful medals celebrating the stirring epoch of the 1848 Revolution. Of that year exist two types of Five Lire pieces, the one, dated, 22nd March, and the other, 11th August; both are signed by the artist, and were issued by the Provisional Government of the Venetian Republic. I have also seen with his signature the following medals : Ladislas Pyrker, 1827; — Sismonde de Sismondi, 1844; — Vittore Fossombroni, 1844; — Dante Alighieri; — Vittorino da Feltre ; — Inauguration of the Academy of Borgo San Sepolcro ; — Academy of Architecture of Leghorn ; — Various medals of celebrated Painters and Poets &c. He also executed a reduction of Ghiberti's famous gates of the Baptistry at Florence. The talent of Fabris is characterised by great purity of design allied with extreme delicacy of execution. Bibliography. = Bolzenthal, Skizzen zur Kunstgeschichte der modemen Medaillen- Arbeit (1429-1840), Berlin, 1840. — Nicolo Papadopoli, Alcune notizie sugli intagliatori della zecca di Venezia, Venise, 1888. — Die Medaillen aus der Regierungszeit Sr. Majestät des Kaisers Franz Josef I, 1892.
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
ECKFELDT, ADAM
ECKFELDT, ADAM (Amer.). Coin-engraver to the United States Mint, born in Philadelphia, June 15, 1769. We read in the Illustrated History of the United States Mint, p. 115 : "He was trained to mechanical pursuits by his father, who was a large manufacturer of edge-tools and implements. On the establishment of the Mint he was engaged to construct some of the machinery for it. He built the first screw-coining presses. The contrivance for ejecting the piece from the collar, together with some mechan...
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ECKFELDT, ADAM (Amer.). Coin-engraver to the United States Mint, born in Philadelphia, June 15, 1769. We read in the Illustrated History of the United States Mint, p. 115 : "He was trained to mechanical pursuits by his father, who was a large manufacturer of edge-tools and implements. On the establishment of the Mint he was engaged to construct some of the machinery for it. He built the first screw-coining presses. The contrivance for ejecting the piece from the collar, together with some mechan...
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EDLING, JOHANN JOACHIM
EDLING, JOHANN JOACHIM (Austr.). Mint-master at St. Pölten, 1624; distinctive symbol, a French double-lily. A thaler of 1625 bears the artist's initials I. I.E. and the lily. In 1627 he undertook the management of the Mint of Gitschin, and previous to 1624, he had worked the Presburg Mint. On the 15th of March, 1625, M. Fellner was instated Master of the Mint at St Pölten, but on the 13th September of the same year, Edling contracted for it again, and had to finally give it up at the end of 1625...
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EDLING, JOHANN JOACHIM (Austr.). Mint-master at St. Pölten, 1624; distinctive symbol, a French double-lily. A thaler of 1625 bears the artist's initials I. I.E. and the lily. In 1627 he undertook the management of the Mint of Gitschin, and previous to 1624, he had worked the Presburg Mint. On the 15th of March, 1625, M. Fellner was instated Master of the Mint at St Pölten, but on the 13th September of the same year, Edling contracted for it again, and had to finally give it up at the end of 1625...
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EGERTON, THOMAS
EGERTON, THOMAS (Brit.). Master of the London Mint under Philip and Mary "By a proclamation of the 20th August 1553, and an indenture of the same date made with Thomas Egerton, Thomas Stanley, and others, it was ordered that the gold coins to be thenceforth made were to be the sovereign, which was to be current for 30 s.; the half-sovereign, to be called the royal of gold, and to be current for 15 s. ; the angel at 10 s .; and the halfangel at 5 s. All to be of fine gold, i. e. ; of the old stan...
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EGERTON, THOMAS (Brit.). Master of the London Mint under Philip and Mary "By a proclamation of the 20th August 1553, and an indenture of the same date made with Thomas Egerton, Thomas Stanley, and others, it was ordered that the gold coins to be thenceforth made were to be the sovereign, which was to be current for 30 s.; the half-sovereign, to be called the royal of gold, and to be current for 15 s. ; the angel at 10 s .; and the halfangel at 5 s. All to be of fine gold, i. e. ; of the old stan...
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ELKINGTON & CO
ELKINGTON & CO (Brit.). A firm of London and Sheffield Silver smiths, which has from time to time edited medals. The City Cor- poration medal of 1891, commemorating the Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Germany to London is signed ELKINGTON & CO, and is a fine piece of work; that struck in 1886, on the Colonial and Indian Reception, is also by the same firm. The medals on the Industrial Exhibition at Toronto, 1879 ; The Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise; and those produced to celebrate the 1...
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ELKINGTON & CO (Brit.). A firm of London and Sheffield Silver smiths, which has from time to time edited medals. The City Cor- poration medal of 1891, commemorating the Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Germany to London is signed ELKINGTON & CO, and is a fine piece of work; that struck in 1886, on the Colonial and Indian Reception, is also by the same firm. The medals on the Industrial Exhibition at Toronto, 1879 ; The Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise; and those produced to celebrate the 1...
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