KOCH, KILIAN or CHILIAN (Germ.). A Nuremberg Countermanufacturer of the end of the sixteenth century. His counters, some of which are dated 1587, 1588, 1600, &c., are not quite so common as those of his great competitors, the KRAUWINKELS and their successors, the LAUFFERS, &c. A number of Counters by Kilian Koch are described in Neumann, Kupfer-Münzen, vol. V, nos 32203-21 ; also in Katalog des numismatisch sphragistischen Sammlungen des Herrn Heinrich Lempertz Senior Zu Köln, 1899, nos 4090-4096. They depict various subjects and bear legends in Latin, German, French, &c. with the maker's name : CHILIA KOCH ; — CHILIANVS COQVVS ; — C. K.; — K.K.; — KILIANVS KOCH, etc. The Makers of these counters at Nuremberg seem at first to have been confined to a very few families only, for we find but the names of four of these from between the middle of the sixteenth to the middle of the seventeenth century, viz. those of Schultz (or Schulthess), with Jorg and Hans; Koch, with Kilianus; Krauwinckel, with Damianus, Egidius, and Hans, which last-named Maker issued more than all the others taken together ; Lauffers, with Hans, Matthew, Wolfgang, Chonradt, Cornelius, and Lazarus Gottlieb. " (Snelling, A View of fettons or Counters, London, 1769, p. 11). Other Nuremberg Counter-makers were J. M. Lindner, John Weidinger, John Adam Vogel, John Conrad Hoger, Michel Leykauf, and John Jacob Dietzel. These counters were usually made in brass.
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
KEMPSON, PETER
KEMPSON, PETER (Brit.). Medallist (Maker of Buttons, Medals, &c.) of the latter end of the eighteenth century, residing at Birmingham, where in 1801 he entered into partnership with SAMUEL KINDON, under the style of KEMPSON AND KINDON. Peter and Thomas Wyon were both employed by Kempson to engrave Tokens, and J. G. Hancock to cut " a series of medals commemorating the Victories of the British armies over Napoleon, the Union with Ireland, George III., and Statesmen of the time ". Amongst Kempson'...
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KEMPSON, PETER (Brit.). Medallist (Maker of Buttons, Medals, &c.) of the latter end of the eighteenth century, residing at Birmingham, where in 1801 he entered into partnership with SAMUEL KINDON, under the style of KEMPSON AND KINDON. Peter and Thomas Wyon were both employed by Kempson to engrave Tokens, and J. G. Hancock to cut " a series of medals commemorating the Victories of the British armies over Napoleon, the Union with Ireland, George III., and Statesmen of the time ". Amongst Kempson'...
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KETTLE & SONS
KETTLE & SONS (Brit.). Die-sinkers and Counter Manufacturers of Birmingham ; in the early part of the nineteenth century. Their signature K. & S. occurs on the following pieces which I have come across : Medal on the Peace of Paris, 1814, with busts jugate to r. of the Tsar, the King of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Blücher; — Imitation Seven-Shilling Piece, 1798, signed H. K. (H. Kettle) ; — Imitation Spade Guinea of George III., in brass, struck to commemorate various Musical Fe...
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KETTLE & SONS (Brit.). Die-sinkers and Counter Manufacturers of Birmingham ; in the early part of the nineteenth century. Their signature K. & S. occurs on the following pieces which I have come across : Medal on the Peace of Paris, 1814, with busts jugate to r. of the Tsar, the King of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Blücher; — Imitation Seven-Shilling Piece, 1798, signed H. K. (H. Kettle) ; — Imitation Spade Guinea of George III., in brass, struck to commemorate various Musical Fe...
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KEY, WILLIAM H.
KEY, WILLIAM H. (Amer.). Assistant-engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, appointed in 1864 and still in service in 1892. He is a native of Brooklyn, and an expert Die-sinker. We owe to him the Kane Expedition and Archbishop Wood Medals, various Pattern pieces and many Dies of the current U. S. coinage ; also : Washington Medal (2 var.), 1878 (signed : KEY) of the Harzfeld Series; — Lafayette Medal (2 var.) of the same Series (signed : W. H. KEY F.); — E. K. Price, an American Numismatist, 1879; — J...
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KEY, WILLIAM H. (Amer.). Assistant-engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, appointed in 1864 and still in service in 1892. He is a native of Brooklyn, and an expert Die-sinker. We owe to him the Kane Expedition and Archbishop Wood Medals, various Pattern pieces and many Dies of the current U. S. coinage ; also : Washington Medal (2 var.), 1878 (signed : KEY) of the Harzfeld Series; — Lafayette Medal (2 var.) of the same Series (signed : W. H. KEY F.); — E. K. Price, an American Numismatist, 1879; — J...
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KINSBURGER, SYLVAIN
KINSBURGER, SYLVAIN (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris; pupil of Dumont, and Thomas. He is the author of a number of Portrait-medallions, which were exhibited in 1878, 1879, 1880, 1896, and later at the Salon. A Portrait-medal of Santos-Dumont, 1901, is signed : J. KINSBURGER. At the Salon of 1904 he exhibited a frame containing various Portrait-medals and Plaquettes. By him are also Portrait-plaquettes of L. Planel, violinist ; — A. Bertrand, engraver ; — P. Lagrave, architect ; — G...
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KINSBURGER, SYLVAIN (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris; pupil of Dumont, and Thomas. He is the author of a number of Portrait-medallions, which were exhibited in 1878, 1879, 1880, 1896, and later at the Salon. A Portrait-medal of Santos-Dumont, 1901, is signed : J. KINSBURGER. At the Salon of 1904 he exhibited a frame containing various Portrait-medals and Plaquettes. By him are also Portrait-plaquettes of L. Planel, violinist ; — A. Bertrand, engraver ; — P. Lagrave, architect ; — G...
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