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 small factor in the development of the establishment is due to Comm. Johnson's securing the services of a talented and experienced artist, his Chief-engraver and Modeller, Signor Angelo Cappuccio ; but the signatures of other artists, such as Egidio Boninsegna, Pogliaghi, Amsler, Levi, &c. occur on medals issued by that firm. At the Esposizione d'Arte moderna a few years ago, Comm. Fed. Johnson obtained from the Italian Minister of Commerce and Industries a gold medal for his exhibits of cast medals and plaquettes in silver and bronze. The excellence of the work carried on at the Johnson establishment is proved beyond doubt by the fine productions issued there within recent years : Christopher Columbus (of unusual large size) ; — Milanese Exhibition of Decorative Arts applied to Industries; — Visit of the German Emperor to Rome, 1888 ; — Centenary of the “ Reggimento Nizza Cavalleria " ; — H. H. Leo XIII. ; — Expedition of the Duke of the Abruzzi to the North Pole ; — Portrait-medals of Porro ; — Bottini ; — Ceriani ; — Bardelli ; — Bertarelli ; — Stefano Johnson, &c. ; — Plaquettes of the Turin Medical Congress (illustrated), the Volta Society, the Geographical Congress at Milan ; — Athenaeum of Brescia ; — Columbus Fourth Centenary of the Discovery of America, 1892 (modelled by a Danish artist); — Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition at Faido, 1893; — Italian Presentation Medal of the Swiss Federal Rifle Meeting at Frauenfeld, 1890 ; — Swiss Federal Rifle Meeting at Lugano, 1883 ; — Vittorio Amadeo II., 1890 ; — Mgr. Molo, 1895 ; — Giuseppe Verdi ; — Garibaldi ; — Rossini; — Gaetano Donizetti; — Dominico Mustafa; — Ambrogio Binda; — Rifle Meeting at Rome, 1890; — Swiss Federal Athletic Competition at Schaffhausen, 1897; — Dante; — Petrarca; — Alessandro Volta; — XI. International Medical Congress at Rome, 1894 (in Boston Colln); — Foundling Hospital at Milan — 25th Anniversary of a Mutual Society at Lugano, 1896 (after Chiattone); — 11th Cantonal Meeting for Athletic Sports, 1896 ; — Rifle Meeting at Ponto Valentino (Tessin), 1900 (after Cassina); — Rifle Meeting at Ponte-Brolla, 1900; — Rifle Meeting of the District of Chiasso, 1902 ; — Vincenzo Gioberti, 1901 ; — Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, 1896; — Rifle Meeting at Locarno, 1900; — Centenary of the Independence of canton Ticino, 1898 ; — Cantonal Rifle Meeting at Bellinzona, 1901; — XI. Cantonal F?te for Athletic Sports at Locarno, 1896 ; — Societa corale mutua Vincenzo Bellini, 1890; — Medal of the Royal Rowing Club with Portrait of the Duke of the Abruzzi (modelled by A. Cappuccio); — Memorial of Leo XIII. ; — Accession of Pius X. (several medals, of fine design and workmanship); — Swiss federal F?te for Athletic Sports at Lugano, 1894; — Visit of President Loubet to Rome, 1904 ; — Giuseppe Verdi (several types) ; — Medals issued in honour of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi : (a.) Canottieri del Po ; — (b.) Medaglia dei Veneti ; — (c.) Italian Alpine Club ; — (d.) Medal of the city of Livorno ; — (e.) Medal of the city of Viareggio ; — Others, of Dr Giovanni Canna ; — Don Adalberto Catina; — Birth of Umberto, Prince of Piedmont, 1904 ; — Commendatore Alfonso Mandelli, 1904, &c. At the Historical Congress at Rome, April 1903, the members of the Numismatic Division were shown some Plates of medals issued at the Johnson Establishment. Bibliography. — Rivista italiana di Numismatica. — Information kindly supplied by Prof. Dr Serafino Ricci, Assistant-keeper of Coins at the Brera Museum, Milano.
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
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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JONES, JOHN
JONES, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, who died at Dublin, circa 1880. " He would deserve slight notice except for his continuing to strike medals trom Mossop's designs and dies after the death of that artist. He is reported to have come from Liverpool, and commenced his career by pulling the rope for Mossop's Coining press. At one period of his life he went to America and made some money. Strange stories are told of the mode in which he dissipated his earnings ". The followin...
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JONES, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist of the nineteenth century, who died at Dublin, circa 1880. " He would deserve slight notice except for his continuing to strike medals trom Mossop's designs and dies after the death of that artist. He is reported to have come from Liverpool, and commenced his career by pulling the rope for Mossop's Coining press. At one period of his life he went to America and made some money. Strange stories are told of the mode in which he dissipated his earnings ". The followin...
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JONGHELINCK, JACQUES
JONGHELINCK, JACQUES (Belg.). Medallist, Seal-engraver, Sculptor and Caster of bronze statues, born at Antwerp, 21. October 1530, died there, 31. May 1606. As early as 1556, he was entrusted with the cutting of seals for various chanceries of Philip II. 's government and, in 1559, he executed the monument erected at Bruges to the memory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. He is also the author of a colossal statue of the Duke of Alva in the centre of Antwerp citadel, which was destroyed some ...
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JONGHELINCK, JACQUES (Belg.). Medallist, Seal-engraver, Sculptor and Caster of bronze statues, born at Antwerp, 21. October 1530, died there, 31. May 1606. As early as 1556, he was entrusted with the cutting of seals for various chanceries of Philip II. 's government and, in 1559, he executed the monument erected at Bruges to the memory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. He is also the author of a colossal statue of the Duke of Alva in the centre of Antwerp citadel, which was destroyed some ...
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