GEORG CHRISTOPH WÄCHTER. Die-sinker, born at Heidelberg, 1729, worked many years at Mannheim, and was living in 1771 at St Petersburg.
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
FUCHS, EMIL
FUCHS, EMIL (Brit.). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medal- list of Austrian descent, residing in London. He exhibited several Portrait-medals of H. R. H. the Prince ot Wales and various mem- bers of the Rothschild family at the " Ausstellung Moderner Medaillen " at Frankfort-on-Main (April 1900). Since, he has execut- ed Portrait Medals of H. M. the Queen; — Field Marshal Earl Roberts; General Sir George White. — General Sir George White, the Defender of Ladysmith ; — Gene- ral Baden-Powell,...
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FUCHS, EMIL (Brit.). Contemporary Painter, Sculptor and Medal- list of Austrian descent, residing in London. He exhibited several Portrait-medals of H. R. H. the Prince ot Wales and various mem- bers of the Rothschild family at the " Ausstellung Moderner Medaillen " at Frankfort-on-Main (April 1900). Since, he has execut- ed Portrait Medals of H. M. the Queen; — Field Marshal Earl Roberts; General Sir George White. — General Sir George White, the Defender of Ladysmith ; — Gene- ral Baden-Powell,...
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FUCHS, HEINRICH
FUCHS, HEINRICH (Austr.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; contemporary with Donner, Kittel, and Schega; he was working in Austria between 1716 and 1720. His signature H. Fuchs appears on a medal, dated 1719, of Count von Dohna, struck in honour of the Emperor Charles VI. This engraver was appar- ently employed at the Mint of Vienna and worked for Bohemia. He is the author of a number of medals of Charles VI., two of which are described in H. Weifert's paper " Meine Sammlun...
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FUCHS, HEINRICH (Austr.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; contemporary with Donner, Kittel, and Schega; he was working in Austria between 1716 and 1720. His signature H. Fuchs appears on a medal, dated 1719, of Count von Dohna, struck in honour of the Emperor Charles VI. This engraver was appar- ently employed at the Mint of Vienna and worked for Bohemia. He is the author of a number of medals of Charles VI., two of which are described in H. Weifert's paper " Meine Sammlun...
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FUNCKE, SEBASTIAN
FUNCKE, SEBASTIAN (Germ.). Son of Andreas Funcke, and Mint-master at Schneeberg, Buchholz and Zwickau, 1530, 1556, and later. He probably died in 1569 or 1570, and was succeeded by his son Hans Funcke, who filled the post of Mint-master for six months, the Mint of Schneeberg having been closed in 1570. In a letter of the Elector Augustus addressed on the 21st of February, 1567, to the Emperor Maximilian II. from the camp before Gotha, he is named " Müntzmeister und lieben getrewen Sebastian Funk...
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FUNCKE, SEBASTIAN (Germ.). Son of Andreas Funcke, and Mint-master at Schneeberg, Buchholz and Zwickau, 1530, 1556, and later. He probably died in 1569 or 1570, and was succeeded by his son Hans Funcke, who filled the post of Mint-master for six months, the Mint of Schneeberg having been closed in 1570. In a letter of the Elector Augustus addressed on the 21st of February, 1567, to the Emperor Maximilian II. from the camp before Gotha, he is named " Müntzmeister und lieben getrewen Sebastian Funk...
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FURET, LOUIS
FURET, LOUIS (Swiss). Contemporary Die-sinking establishment of Geneva. M. L. Furet was the successor of Marc-Louis Bovy, at the old City Mint, Rue Chantepoulet 91, and is now in Rue de l'Arquebuse. He has issued a large number of medals, which will be found enumerated under the names of the engravers : Hugues Bovy, George Hantz, C. Richard, and other artists who are working for him. Between 1825 and 1848, the Geneva Mint always belonged to a member of the Bovy family, whom the government entrus...
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FURET, LOUIS (Swiss). Contemporary Die-sinking establishment of Geneva. M. L. Furet was the successor of Marc-Louis Bovy, at the old City Mint, Rue Chantepoulet 91, and is now in Rue de l'Arquebuse. He has issued a large number of medals, which will be found enumerated under the names of the engravers : Hugues Bovy, George Hantz, C. Richard, and other artists who are working for him. Between 1825 and 1848, the Geneva Mint always belonged to a member of the Bovy family, whom the government entrus...
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