LEIGHTON, F. (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, who designed the new seals, executed at the Royal Mint, for the Commonwealth of Australia, the Colonies of the Transvaal and the Orange River, the East Africa Protectorate, and the Government of Wei-hai-wei.
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
LAUFFER, CARL GOTTLIEB
LAUFFER, CARL GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1746- 1755. Franks & Grueber call him an Engraver (Vide Med. Ill., II, 730). A Thaler of Hall (Suabia), 1746, is signed C.G.L. It is probable that all the Lauffers, whose names I record here, had connection with die-sinking, and were Counter-manufacturers by trade. Carl Gottlieb Lauffer was a son of Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer, and is said to have left Nuremberg, a bankrupt, for Berlin, in 1755, where he was still living in 1769, and attained...
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LAUFFER, CARL GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1746- 1755. Franks & Grueber call him an Engraver (Vide Med. Ill., II, 730). A Thaler of Hall (Suabia), 1746, is signed C.G.L. It is probable that all the Lauffers, whose names I record here, had connection with die-sinking, and were Counter-manufacturers by trade. Carl Gottlieb Lauffer was a son of Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer, and is said to have left Nuremberg, a bankrupt, for Berlin, in 1755, where he was still living in 1769, and attained...
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LAUFFER, CASPAR GOTTLIEB
LAUFFER, CASPAR GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Son of Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer; Mint-master at Nuremberg, ana Mint-warden to the District of Franconia, 1700-1745. Franks & Grueber mention that "he appears to be often confused with Carl Gottlieb Lauffer, the engraver ", and give the description of a medal, issued by him, on the Capture of Tournay, 1709, engraved by Martin Brunner, and bearing the initials C.G.L. Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer published in 1742 a Catalogue of medals issued by him, in conjunction prob...
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LAUFFER, CASPAR GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Son of Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer; Mint-master at Nuremberg, ana Mint-warden to the District of Franconia, 1700-1745. Franks & Grueber mention that "he appears to be often confused with Carl Gottlieb Lauffer, the engraver ", and give the description of a medal, issued by him, on the Capture of Tournay, 1709, engraved by Martin Brunner, and bearing the initials C.G.L. Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer published in 1742 a Catalogue of medals issued by him, in conjunction prob...
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LAUFFER, CONRAD
LAUFFER, CONRAD (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, during the third quarter of the seventeenth century. "In 1670 he received a special permission to strike Counters for games and reckoning. These often bore the busts of European monarchs. " Among these I have noticed : Charles II. of Great Britain, 1662 (with R. legend : COUNTERS. CONR. LAUFFERS. RECH : PFENNING); — Another, 1667, R. Britannia seated (signed : C.L.R.); — Louis XIII. (CONRADT LAVFER— RECHE PFENNM :); — Louis XIV., severa...
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LAUFFER, CONRAD (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, during the third quarter of the seventeenth century. "In 1670 he received a special permission to strike Counters for games and reckoning. These often bore the busts of European monarchs. " Among these I have noticed : Charles II. of Great Britain, 1662 (with R. legend : COUNTERS. CONR. LAUFFERS. RECH : PFENNING); — Another, 1667, R. Britannia seated (signed : C.L.R.); — Louis XIII. (CONRADT LAVFER— RECHE PFENNM :); — Louis XIV., severa...
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LAUFFER, HANS
LAUFFER, HANS (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer and Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1607-1645. Neumann describes 25 varieties of brass Jetons by this Die-sinker, signed HANS LAVFER; — HANNS LAVFER ; — H. L. ; — HANS LAFER ; — H. LAVFER IN NVRMBERG ; — H. LAVF. ; — H. LAV. ; — H. LA., &c. The counters refer to Henry IV. of France; — Henry IV. and Marie de Medicis ; — Louis XIII. (with HANS LAVFER — VNICO VNIVERSV); —Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria; — Louis XIV.; — Gott allein die Ehr; — Perseus riding on P...
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LAUFFER, HANS (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer and Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1607-1645. Neumann describes 25 varieties of brass Jetons by this Die-sinker, signed HANS LAVFER; — HANNS LAVFER ; — H. L. ; — HANS LAFER ; — H. LAVFER IN NVRMBERG ; — H. LAVF. ; — H. LAV. ; — H. LA., &c. The counters refer to Henry IV. of France; — Henry IV. and Marie de Medicis ; — Louis XIII. (with HANS LAVFER — VNICO VNIVERSV); —Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria; — Louis XIV.; — Gott allein die Ehr; — Perseus riding on P...
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