LAMY, GUILLAUME (French). Mint-engraver in Béarn, circ. 1577-1610. He may have been a son of Pierre Lamy, who was Mintengraver at Aix in 1560. The first mention made of him is dated 1577 and records a payment of 802 livres for ten rings mounted with diamonds, rubies and opals. About 1581 he was Mint-assayer at Morlaas. In the same year he married the widow of Jérôme Lenormant, who was Mint-engraver at Pau from 1572 to 1580. In 1582, Lamy issued at Morlaas pieces of Twenty Sols, Liards, and Baquettes, which bear his distinctive mark; in 1583, Liards. He then became Mint-master at Pau and issued there Twenty Sol pieces in 1584 and 1585. Until 1590, he remained Mint-master at Morlaas, coupling this office with that of Engraver of the coins of Morlaas and Pau. Circ. 1591, Lamy is styled Goldsmith to the King and Engraver of the coins of Béarn, and again in 1604 and 1609. 1599-1604, as Mint-master at Bayonne, he issued there also Quarter and Half Ecus. M. Blanchet thinks he probably died in 1610, when he must have been about sixty years old. Bibliography. — J. A. Blanchet, Les Graveurs en Béarn, Dax, 1888. — Do, Histoire monétaire du Béarn, 1893. — N. Rondotet H. de la Tour, op. cit.
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.
KRAPP, HANS
KRAPP or KRAPPE, HANS (Germ.). A burgher of Breslau; contracted to work the Royal Mint of Breslau, 1540-1541 ; appointed on Nov. 13, 1545, by the Prince-Elector Joachim of Brandenburg Mint-master-general throughout his dominions. By a resolution dated Prague, 1. Feb. 1540, King Ferdinand ordered Krapp to pay, instead of his yearly due of 900 Gulden, a Royalty of 10 Kreutzer or 5 Silesian Groschen on each Mark of silver coined by him. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cil. — Oesterreicher, op. ci...
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KRAPP or KRAPPE, HANS (Germ.). A burgher of Breslau; contracted to work the Royal Mint of Breslau, 1540-1541 ; appointed on Nov. 13, 1545, by the Prince-Elector Joachim of Brandenburg Mint-master-general throughout his dominions. By a resolution dated Prague, 1. Feb. 1540, King Ferdinand ordered Krapp to pay, instead of his yearly due of 900 Gulden, a Royalty of 10 Kreutzer or 5 Silesian Groschen on each Mark of silver coined by him. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cil. — Oesterreicher, op. ci...
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KRAUER, WILHELM
KRAUER, WILHELM (Swiss). Son of Hans Jorg Krauer; born in 1661 ; died in 1718. He first worked as a Goldsmith, but later practised also Die-cutting. In 1707 he was appointed Mint-master at Sion, where the famous J. C. Hedlinger was apprenticed to him; in 1710 he returned to Lucerne, and was appointed Mintmaster there on the 31. March 1713 for a period of three years. After many difficulties with the Town Council, his resignation was accepted, and he was free to take the post that was offered to ...
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KRAUER, WILHELM (Swiss). Son of Hans Jorg Krauer; born in 1661 ; died in 1718. He first worked as a Goldsmith, but later practised also Die-cutting. In 1707 he was appointed Mint-master at Sion, where the famous J. C. Hedlinger was apprenticed to him; in 1710 he returned to Lucerne, and was appointed Mintmaster there on the 31. March 1713 for a period of three years. After many difficulties with the Town Council, his resignation was accepted, and he was free to take the post that was offered to ...
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KRAUMANN, ALEXANDER
KRAUMANN, ALEXANDER (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Budapest in 1870, lately residing at Frankfort-on-M., now at Dresden. The only medallic productions l have noticed by him are a commemorative plaquette, struck at Mayer & Wilhelm's works at Stuttgart, of the Third Centenary of the Salzbrunn Spa (Silesia), 1901 ; — Gold Medal for the Venice Fine Art Exhibition, 1903 (reproduced in The Studio, Feb. 1905, p. 78, and described as "rather full of detail on the obverse, and cleverly reminisce...
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KRAUMANN, ALEXANDER (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Budapest in 1870, lately residing at Frankfort-on-M., now at Dresden. The only medallic productions l have noticed by him are a commemorative plaquette, struck at Mayer & Wilhelm's works at Stuttgart, of the Third Centenary of the Salzbrunn Spa (Silesia), 1901 ; — Gold Medal for the Venice Fine Art Exhibition, 1903 (reproduced in The Studio, Feb. 1905, p. 78, and described as "rather full of detail on the obverse, and cleverly reminisce...
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KRAUS, KLAUS
KRAUS, KLAUS (Bohem.). Mint-master at Joachimsthal, 1531-37. He was appointed in March, 1535, in succession to Ulrich Gebhard. He was a Saxon by origin. For malversation in his office, he suffered imprisonment, from March 1535 to 25. May 1537, when he was released by King Ferdinand's order, but his subsequent history is not known. His mint-mark is a ruff. Hans Weizelmann succeeded him at Joachimsthal. Bibliography. — E. Fiala, Klaus Kraus, Münzmeister von Joachimsthal, 1898. — Do, Das Münzwesen ...
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KRAUS, KLAUS (Bohem.). Mint-master at Joachimsthal, 1531-37. He was appointed in March, 1535, in succession to Ulrich Gebhard. He was a Saxon by origin. For malversation in his office, he suffered imprisonment, from March 1535 to 25. May 1537, when he was released by King Ferdinand's order, but his subsequent history is not known. His mint-mark is a ruff. Hans Weizelmann succeeded him at Joachimsthal. Bibliography. — E. Fiala, Klaus Kraus, Münzmeister von Joachimsthal, 1898. — Do, Das Münzwesen ...
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