MOCKS (MOCK or MOCKH), HANS KASPAR (Germ.). Mint-master at Hechingen, circ. 1606; also at Hagenau, under John George of Hohenzollern, 1605-1623. Bibliography. — Bahrfeldt, Münzen der Fürstenthümer Hohenzollern.
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.
MERLEN, JOHANN BAPTIST
MERLEN, JOHANN BAPTIST (Dutch). Medallist and Coin-engraver, of Flemish origin, but who apparently came over to this country from France, where he had been engaged in medal-work under the First Empire. His earliest productions, known to me, are jetons of the Academy of Medicine of Brussels, dated an XII., from which might be inferred that he learned die-sinking, and first practised the art, at Brussels (Vide Revue belge de numismatique, 1874, p. 390). Very little is known of his lite, except th...
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MERLEN, JOHANN BAPTIST (Dutch). Medallist and Coin-engraver, of Flemish origin, but who apparently came over to this country from France, where he had been engaged in medal-work under the First Empire. His earliest productions, known to me, are jetons of the Academy of Medicine of Brussels, dated an XII., from which might be inferred that he learned die-sinking, and first practised the art, at Brussels (Vide Revue belge de numismatique, 1874, p. 390). Very little is known of his lite, except th...
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MERLEY, LOUIS
MERLEY, LOUIS (French). Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at St. Etienne (Loire) on 7th January 1815, died at Paris on 17th September 1883. He studied sculpture under Pradier and David d'Angers, and medal-engraving under Galle. In 1838 he became a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ; then went to Rome, where he obtained in 1843 the first Grand Prix de Rome for gem-engraving; subject : Arion saved from the waters. During his residence in Italy, Merley executed various medals modelled af...
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MERLEY, LOUIS (French). Sculptor, Medallist and Gem-engraver, born at St. Etienne (Loire) on 7th January 1815, died at Paris on 17th September 1883. He studied sculpture under Pradier and David d'Angers, and medal-engraving under Galle. In 1838 he became a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ; then went to Rome, where he obtained in 1843 the first Grand Prix de Rome for gem-engraving; subject : Arion saved from the waters. During his residence in Italy, Merley executed various medals modelled af...
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MERRIAM, JOSEPH H.
MERRIAM, JOSEPH H. (Amer.). Die-sinker and Medallist at Boston (U. S. A.), second half of the nineteenth century. He is the author of a medal struck in commemoration of the Dedication of the New Masonic Temple in Boston, 1867, and several other masonic medallions with bust of George Washington; — Benjamin Franklin, &c. ; — also commemorative medals of the Soldiers' Fair at Springfield and Boston, 1864; — Medalets issued for the Campaign of 1860; — Medalets with portraits of U. S. A. Presidents, ...
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MERRIAM, JOSEPH H. (Amer.). Die-sinker and Medallist at Boston (U. S. A.), second half of the nineteenth century. He is the author of a medal struck in commemoration of the Dedication of the New Masonic Temple in Boston, 1867, and several other masonic medallions with bust of George Washington; — Benjamin Franklin, &c. ; — also commemorative medals of the Soldiers' Fair at Springfield and Boston, 1864; — Medalets issued for the Campaign of 1860; — Medalets with portraits of U. S. A. Presidents, ...
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MERTENS, A.
MERTENS, A. (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, who resided at Berlin from about 1851 to 1871, and worked for the Loos Die-sinking Works. He died sometime before 1894. By this Engraver are some medals of special interest to English collectors as they commemorate, the one, the Silver Wedding of the Crown Prince Frederick and Victoria, Princess Royal of England, 1883 ; and the other, the Women's Industrial Exhibition at Berlin, 1885 (Prize Medal with bust of the Crown Princess of Prussia...
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MERTENS, A. (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, who resided at Berlin from about 1851 to 1871, and worked for the Loos Die-sinking Works. He died sometime before 1894. By this Engraver are some medals of special interest to English collectors as they commemorate, the one, the Silver Wedding of the Crown Prince Frederick and Victoria, Princess Royal of England, 1883 ; and the other, the Women's Industrial Exhibition at Berlin, 1885 (Prize Medal with bust of the Crown Princess of Prussia...
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