JAVAILLAC, THOMAS DE (French). Mint-master at Bourges, 1420.
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.
INGRAM, THOMAS WELLS
INGRAM, THOMAS WELLS (Brit.). Engraver and Die-sinker, employed at the Soho Mint, Birmingham. He worked from about 1820 to 1865 (Grueber, Med. III., II, 728). His signature, which usually occurs in full, is found, amongst others, on the following medals : Establishment of the Shakspearean Club, with bust of Shakespeare, 1824; — Medal of the Glasgow Band of Hope Union ; — Memorial of the Premiership of George Canning, 1827; — John Hodgson, 1830; — Canova, 1823; — Memorial Medal of George III. 's ...
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INGRAM, THOMAS WELLS (Brit.). Engraver and Die-sinker, employed at the Soho Mint, Birmingham. He worked from about 1820 to 1865 (Grueber, Med. III., II, 728). His signature, which usually occurs in full, is found, amongst others, on the following medals : Establishment of the Shakspearean Club, with bust of Shakespeare, 1824; — Medal of the Glasgow Band of Hope Union ; — Memorial of the Premiership of George Canning, 1827; — John Hodgson, 1830; — Canova, 1823; — Memorial Medal of George III. 's ...
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INCHIQUIN, LORD
INCHIQUIN, LORD (Brit.). Vice-President of Munster, under Charles I. A series of undated obsidional money, issued in the early period of the "Irish Rebellion", is called after his name, " although he does not appear to have been in any way concerned with its issue, for at the time he was engaged in suppressing the rebellion in the south of Ireland." These coins consist of the gold Pistole (only two specimens known), silver Half-crown, Shilling, Ninepence (2 var.) ; Sixpence (2 var.), Groat (2 va...
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INCHIQUIN, LORD (Brit.). Vice-President of Munster, under Charles I. A series of undated obsidional money, issued in the early period of the "Irish Rebellion", is called after his name, " although he does not appear to have been in any way concerned with its issue, for at the time he was engaged in suppressing the rebellion in the south of Ireland." These coins consist of the gold Pistole (only two specimens known), silver Half-crown, Shilling, Ninepence (2 var.) ; Sixpence (2 var.), Groat (2 va...
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ISLER, LUIGI
ISLER, LUIGI (Ital.). Roman Gem-engraver, who resided in London, towards the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. He is the author of the following gems : Portrait of a Parsee, cameo in sardonyx ; — Perseus with head of Medusa, cameo in sardonyx ; — Omphale dressed in the lion's skin, sardonyx of five strata ; — Achilles, translucent Oriental chalcedonyx (illustrated) ; — Chloe, carnelian coloured sardonyx (illustrated) ; — Judith, before she slew Holofernes, cameo in c...
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ISLER, LUIGI (Ital.). Roman Gem-engraver, who resided in London, towards the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. He is the author of the following gems : Portrait of a Parsee, cameo in sardonyx ; — Perseus with head of Medusa, cameo in sardonyx ; — Omphale dressed in the lion's skin, sardonyx of five strata ; — Achilles, translucent Oriental chalcedonyx (illustrated) ; — Chloe, carnelian coloured sardonyx (illustrated) ; — Judith, before she slew Holofernes, cameo in c...
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IWANOFF, TIMOTHEI
IWANOFF, TIMOTHEI (Russ.). Russian Medallist and Mint-engraver at St. Petersburg, born in 1729, died in 1802. He entered the Mint in 1745 as a pupil at the School for medal-engraving. The period of his activity extends between 1758 and 1800, and he may be called one of the foremost Medallists Russia has as yet produced. He cut most of the dies for the successive coinages of the Czarina Catherine II. , comprising Al. 10, 5, 2 and 1 Rouble pieces, Tchervonetz and Poltinas; AR. Roubles, Poltinas, ...
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IWANOFF, TIMOTHEI (Russ.). Russian Medallist and Mint-engraver at St. Petersburg, born in 1729, died in 1802. He entered the Mint in 1745 as a pupil at the School for medal-engraving. The period of his activity extends between 1758 and 1800, and he may be called one of the foremost Medallists Russia has as yet produced. He cut most of the dies for the successive coinages of the Czarina Catherine II. , comprising Al. 10, 5, 2 and 1 Rouble pieces, Tchervonetz and Poltinas; AR. Roubles, Poltinas, ...
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