MOUSSET, LÉON (French). Mint-engraver at Bayonne, circ. 1720.
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
MOERIKOFER, JOHANN KASPAR
MOERIKOFER, JOHANN KASPAR (Swiss). Medallist and Coinengraver, born at Frauenfeld, 7. November 1738, died at Berne, circa 1800. He was a nephew of Johann Melchior Mörikofer, with whom he was first apprenticed. Later he visited Paris and for some years practised gem-engraving and die-sinking there, until he was called back to Berne, on the death of his uncle, Easter 1761, to fill the vacant post of Engraver of the coins of the Republic (1761-1790). By this clever artist were probably cut the foll...
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MOERIKOFER, JOHANN KASPAR (Swiss). Medallist and Coinengraver, born at Frauenfeld, 7. November 1738, died at Berne, circa 1800. He was a nephew of Johann Melchior Mörikofer, with whom he was first apprenticed. Later he visited Paris and for some years practised gem-engraving and die-sinking there, until he was called back to Berne, on the death of his uncle, Easter 1761, to fill the vacant post of Engraver of the coins of the Republic (1761-1790). By this clever artist were probably cut the foll...
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MOERIKOFER, JOHANN MELCHIOR
MOERIKOFER, JOHANN MELCHIOR (Swiss). Medallist and Coinengraver, born at Frauenfeld, 17 November 1706, died at Berne, 7. April 1761. His father was in the medical profession. He learned die-sinking with his step-brother J. H. Koch of Thun, and first copied models from works of his predecessors, principally Hedlinger. From 1755 until his death he was Mint-engraver at Berne. Mörikofer engraved seals and also some medals, which are of fine execution : Prize Medal of the Royal Society of Sciences of...
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MOERIKOFER, JOHANN MELCHIOR (Swiss). Medallist and Coinengraver, born at Frauenfeld, 17 November 1706, died at Berne, 7. April 1761. His father was in the medical profession. He learned die-sinking with his step-brother J. H. Koch of Thun, and first copied models from works of his predecessors, principally Hedlinger. From 1755 until his death he was Mint-engraver at Berne. Mörikofer engraved seals and also some medals, which are of fine execution : Prize Medal of the Royal Society of Sciences of...
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MOGNETTI, SAMUEL
MOGNETTI, SAMUEL (Swiss). Sculptor and Medallist of the third and fourth quarters of the nineteenth century, who resided at Geneva. He is the author of the following medals : Independence of Neuchâtel and Entry into the Swiss Confederation, 1856; — — Medal of the " Abbaye des Carabiniers" of Geneva, 1875 ; — 4th Centenary of the " Société de l'Arquebuse et de la Navigation ", 1875 (signed : S. Mognetti fecit); — Medal of the “ Société cantonale des Carabiniers genevois", 1877 ; — Tir Cantonal va...
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MOGNETTI, SAMUEL (Swiss). Sculptor and Medallist of the third and fourth quarters of the nineteenth century, who resided at Geneva. He is the author of the following medals : Independence of Neuchâtel and Entry into the Swiss Confederation, 1856; — — Medal of the " Abbaye des Carabiniers" of Geneva, 1875 ; — 4th Centenary of the " Société de l'Arquebuse et de la Navigation ", 1875 (signed : S. Mognetti fecit); — Medal of the “ Société cantonale des Carabiniers genevois", 1877 ; — Tir Cantonal va...
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MOLA, GASPARE
MOLA, GASPARE (ltal.). Goldsmith, Medallist, Coin-engraver, and Chaser in metal, born during the last quarter of the sixteenth century (circ. 1580) at Breglio, in the territory of Como. Nagler, Schlickeysen, Bolzenthal and other writers state in error Lugano as his native town. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith at Milan, where he also learned die-sinking. His first work of note he executed in commission for the celebrated founder Portigiani, who entrusted him with sculptural work for the bronze ...
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MOLA, GASPARE (ltal.). Goldsmith, Medallist, Coin-engraver, and Chaser in metal, born during the last quarter of the sixteenth century (circ. 1580) at Breglio, in the territory of Como. Nagler, Schlickeysen, Bolzenthal and other writers state in error Lugano as his native town. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith at Milan, where he also learned die-sinking. His first work of note he executed in commission for the celebrated founder Portigiani, who entrusted him with sculptural work for the bronze ...
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