MAYER, LÉON (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris ; pupil of Joseph Chéret. At the Salon of 1883 he exhibited a Portraitmedallion in bronze of M. Paul Foucher.
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
MARQUART, J. B. C.
MARQUART, J. B. C. (Belg.). Son of the last; studied metallurgy under his father, and was sent by the government of the Netherlands to learn medal-engraving at the Vienna Mint. Returning after a few months' stay in Austria, he went to Paris where he resided for thirteen years. We then find him filling an official post in government mining works in Hungary, and in 1764, appointed Warden of the Brussels Mint. Pinchart describes a medal by him, probably executed in Austria, of the Archduke Joseph, ...
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MARQUART, J. B. C. (Belg.). Son of the last; studied metallurgy under his father, and was sent by the government of the Netherlands to learn medal-engraving at the Vienna Mint. Returning after a few months' stay in Austria, he went to Paris where he resided for thirteen years. We then find him filling an official post in government mining works in Hungary, and in 1764, appointed Warden of the Brussels Mint. Pinchart describes a medal by him, probably executed in Austria, of the Archduke Joseph, ...
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MARRIAN AND GAUSBY
MARRIAN AND GAUSBY (Brit.). Die-sinkers of Birmingham, during the early portion of Queen Victoria's reign. They issued a series of Pattern pieces, comprising : 10, 5, 2 and 1 Cents, 1846 in Al, AR. and ? (of which many restrikes exist); — One Centum, 1846, in tin, &c. All these patterns read : MARRIAN & GAUSBY. D. BIRM. beneath the head of the Queen, and the legend on R. is : SMITH ON DECIMAL CURRENCY 1846. Bibliography. — S. M. Spink, Catalogue of Mr. Montagu's Collection of Coins from George I...
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MARRIAN AND GAUSBY (Brit.). Die-sinkers of Birmingham, during the early portion of Queen Victoria's reign. They issued a series of Pattern pieces, comprising : 10, 5, 2 and 1 Cents, 1846 in Al, AR. and ? (of which many restrikes exist); — One Centum, 1846, in tin, &c. All these patterns read : MARRIAN & GAUSBY. D. BIRM. beneath the head of the Queen, and the legend on R. is : SMITH ON DECIMAL CURRENCY 1846. Bibliography. — S. M. Spink, Catalogue of Mr. Montagu's Collection of Coins from George I...
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MARSHOORN, GERARD
MARSHOORN, GERARD (GERRIT) (Dutch.). Medallist of Haarlem, first half of the eighteenth century. His signature is found on various medals, and he worked for the Hereditary Stadholder, Willem IV. The Portrait-pieces of Lorenz J. Coster, typographer of Haarlem (1740) are his best known productions, and I have seen by him also Portrait-medals of Prince Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, 1747, on his first Stadholderate; (sev. var.) — Commemorative medals of the Treaties of Peace of Münster and Aix-la- Cha...
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MARSHOORN, GERARD (GERRIT) (Dutch.). Medallist of Haarlem, first half of the eighteenth century. His signature is found on various medals, and he worked for the Hereditary Stadholder, Willem IV. The Portrait-pieces of Lorenz J. Coster, typographer of Haarlem (1740) are his best known productions, and I have seen by him also Portrait-medals of Prince Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, 1747, on his first Stadholderate; (sev. var.) — Commemorative medals of the Treaties of Peace of Münster and Aix-la- Cha...
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MARSCHALL, RUDOLPH FERDINAND
MARSCHALL, RUDOLPH FERDINAND (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, born at Vienna on the 3rd of December 1873 ; studied at the School of Engraving under Professors Schwarz, Schulmeister, and Zapf. In 1891 he was awarded a First Prize (silver medal) by the Commercial and Industrial Institute of Lower- Austria ; then the bronze and silver medals of the Engravers' Association, for modelling, drawing and engraving. After an absence of some duration, during which Marshall visited the principal artistic c...
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MARSCHALL, RUDOLPH FERDINAND (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, born at Vienna on the 3rd of December 1873 ; studied at the School of Engraving under Professors Schwarz, Schulmeister, and Zapf. In 1891 he was awarded a First Prize (silver medal) by the Commercial and Industrial Institute of Lower- Austria ; then the bronze and silver medals of the Engravers' Association, for modelling, drawing and engraving. After an absence of some duration, during which Marshall visited the principal artistic c...
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