JOHANN JUSTUS JASTER. Mint-master at Lübeck, 1727-1758. Also J. J. J.
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.
JESSENSKY, ISAIAS VON JESSEN
JESSENSKY, ISAIAS VON JESSEN (Germ.). Born at Breslau, he undertook in 1614 to work the Mint of Troppau, in conjunction with Stenzel Aichhäuser ; two years later he contracted for the Mint of Vienna, was imprisoned in 1619 for dishonesty, acquitted the next year, and appointed Mint-master at Vienna, on the 5th of March 1639, a post which he retained until 1643. Jessensky's distinctive mark occurs on Groschen and Thalers of 1618; Thalers Half, and Quarter Thalers, and Ducats of 1619; also Half Th...
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JESSENSKY, ISAIAS VON JESSEN (Germ.). Born at Breslau, he undertook in 1614 to work the Mint of Troppau, in conjunction with Stenzel Aichhäuser ; two years later he contracted for the Mint of Vienna, was imprisoned in 1619 for dishonesty, acquitted the next year, and appointed Mint-master at Vienna, on the 5th of March 1639, a post which he retained until 1643. Jessensky's distinctive mark occurs on Groschen and Thalers of 1618; Thalers Half, and Quarter Thalers, and Ducats of 1619; also Half Th...
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JEUFFROY, ROMAIN VINCENT
JEUFFROY, ROMAIN VINCENT (French). Medallist and Gemengraver, born at Rouen, 16 July 1749, died at Bas-Prunay near Marly on 2. August 1826. He filled the post of Director of the Paris Mint, was a Member of the Institute and a Knight of the Legion of honour. The first gem engraved by Jeuffroy is a very remarkable copy of a Head of Medusa, in amethyst (illustrated), executed in 1777, after the well-known Renaissance intaglio, with the fictitious signature of Solon. Jeuffroy, like his contemporari...
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JEUFFROY, ROMAIN VINCENT (French). Medallist and Gemengraver, born at Rouen, 16 July 1749, died at Bas-Prunay near Marly on 2. August 1826. He filled the post of Director of the Paris Mint, was a Member of the Institute and a Knight of the Legion of honour. The first gem engraved by Jeuffroy is a very remarkable copy of a Head of Medusa, in amethyst (illustrated), executed in 1777, after the well-known Renaissance intaglio, with the fictitious signature of Solon. Jeuffroy, like his contemporari...
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JOHN, WILLIAM GOSCOMBE
JOHN, WILLIAM GOSCOMBE (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Cardiff; Associate of the Royal Academy. “The son of the sculptural carver to the late Marquess of Bute, Mr. John early followed his father's craft ", says Mr. Spielmann. “ In 1882 he left Cardiff for London, obtained employment with Farmer and Brindley's, and attended Mr. Frith's class at Lambeth. In 1884 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, but, after a successful career, he failed to secure the gold medal with his g...
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JOHN, WILLIAM GOSCOMBE (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Cardiff; Associate of the Royal Academy. “The son of the sculptural carver to the late Marquess of Bute, Mr. John early followed his father's craft ", says Mr. Spielmann. “ In 1882 he left Cardiff for London, obtained employment with Farmer and Brindley's, and attended Mr. Frith's class at Lambeth. In 1884 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, but, after a successful career, he failed to secure the gold medal with his g...
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JOHNSON, STEFANO
JOHNSON, STEFANO (Ital.). Die-sinking establishment at Milan, founded in 1868 by Stefano Johnson, father of the actual proprietor, Commendatore Federigo Johnson, who since 1880, has the complete direction of the Works, and who gave the firm its present importance and extension. Furnished with up-to-date machinery, a reducing-machine of the latest type and a chemical laboratory for the colouring of metals, the Johnson works are able to cope with the keenest competition inland and abroad. Not a sm...
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JOHNSON, STEFANO (Ital.). Die-sinking establishment at Milan, founded in 1868 by Stefano Johnson, father of the actual proprietor, Commendatore Federigo Johnson, who since 1880, has the complete direction of the Works, and who gave the firm its present importance and extension. Furnished with up-to-date machinery, a reducing-machine of the latest type and a chemical laboratory for the colouring of metals, the Johnson works are able to cope with the keenest competition inland and abroad. Not a sm...
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