FOULIS, THOMAS (Scotch). Goldsmith and Die-sinker, who was employed on the Scottish coinage, at the end of the sixteenth and beginning ol the seventeenth centuries. Burns informs us that " on the 2nd August 1598, the profits and casualties of the mint (Edinburgh) were let for six years to Thomas Foulis, goldsmith, and Robert Jowsie, merchant, burgesses of Edinburgh, at an annual rent ot ? 5000 or 7500 merks. The coinage of ten-shilling pieces and their parts, and ot the corresponding gold money, which, on the expiry of the tack of the Burgh of Edinburgh, had been suspended, was now resumed, in the value, weight, and fineness as before". But as early as 1591, we hear of Foulis being employed in the capacity of coin-engraver at the same Mint. " By the Act of privy council, of the 8th of March 1591-2, Thomas Foullis, goldsmith to his Majesty, and sinker of the irons at the cunyehouse, was com- missioned to contract with sir William Bowes of London or others, for the reducing of all the base and the alloyed money, the pennies and two penny placks alone excepted. Two thousand four hundred stones of base money were to be reduced ; for the reduction and refining of which, on every twelve ounces, Thomas Foullis was to pay " aucht pennyis Stirling, or sax shillingis Scottis money, "thus giving at this time the value of English money as exactly nine times that of Scottish money. " The dies of the Thistle Noble (1588) of James VI. were engraved by him, as also those of the Forty-shilling piece of 1582, the portrait of the King being drawn by Lord Seyton's painter. In 1605, Thomas Foulis is once more mentioned in contempo- rary documents as " Sinker of His Majesties Irines". Bibliography. — Burns, The Coinage of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1887. — H.A. Grueber, Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1899.
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
FABIO, F.
FABIO, F. (Ital.). Misread signature, FA.MANT.AQV. of the Roman sculptor, FABIUS MARCI ANTONII AQUILI, who was a grand-son of the celebrated painter Antonazzo Aquilio, who flour- ished under Sixtus IV. This medallist worked during the second half of the sixteenth century; the only medal known by him com- memorates Hadrianus Caesander, priest and jurisconsult (1598); a specimen exists in the British Museum. Bibliography. — Alfred Armand, Les Médailleurs italiens des XV et XV si?cles, Paris, 1883-...
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FABIO, F. (Ital.). Misread signature, FA.MANT.AQV. of the Roman sculptor, FABIUS MARCI ANTONII AQUILI, who was a grand-son of the celebrated painter Antonazzo Aquilio, who flour- ished under Sixtus IV. This medallist worked during the second half of the sixteenth century; the only medal known by him com- memorates Hadrianus Caesander, priest and jurisconsult (1598); a specimen exists in the British Museum. Bibliography. — Alfred Armand, Les Médailleurs italiens des XV et XV si?cles, Paris, 1883-...
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FABRIS, ANTONIO
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 amongs...
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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 amongs...
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FACCIOLI, GIROLAMO
FACCIOLI, GIROLAMO (Ital.). Bolzenthal quotes this artist, whose name is also found as FACIUOLI, a native of Perugia, who worked between 1530 and 1574, as a clever Goldsmith, Copper plate-engraver, and Medallist. The author above-mentioned adds that Faccioli the Elder must be distinguished from his son, who flourished during the second half of the sixteenth century. Benvenuto Cellini refers to the elder Faccioli in his Autobiography, and says that he worked from designs by Francesco Mazzola. We ...
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FACCIOLI, GIROLAMO (Ital.). Bolzenthal quotes this artist, whose name is also found as FACIUOLI, a native of Perugia, who worked between 1530 and 1574, as a clever Goldsmith, Copper plate-engraver, and Medallist. The author above-mentioned adds that Faccioli the Elder must be distinguished from his son, who flourished during the second half of the sixteenth century. Benvenuto Cellini refers to the elder Faccioli in his Autobiography, and says that he worked from designs by Francesco Mazzola. We ...
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FACIUS, ANGELICA
FACIUS, ANGELICA (Germ.). Gem-engraver and Medallist ; daughter of F. W. Facius ; pupil of Rauch ; born in 1806, died at Weimar in 1840. Trained by Rauch of Berlin, she surpassed her father in skill, and some of her productions are not without merit. By her are the following medals : Goethe, 1825; — Death of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1829; — Prof. Benedict Wilhelm's Jubilee, 1836; — and other commemorative pieces of local interest. Her signature is generally F or sometimes also ANG. FACIUS....
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FACIUS, ANGELICA (Germ.). Gem-engraver and Medallist ; daughter of F. W. Facius ; pupil of Rauch ; born in 1806, died at Weimar in 1840. Trained by Rauch of Berlin, she surpassed her father in skill, and some of her productions are not without merit. By her are the following medals : Goethe, 1825; — Death of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1829; — Prof. Benedict Wilhelm's Jubilee, 1836; — and other commemorative pieces of local interest. Her signature is generally F or sometimes also ANG. FACIUS....
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