NORTHALL, ONUPHRIUS (Humphrey?) (Brit.). Inventor of a coining-press and machinery for inscribing the edges of coins and medals. He offered his inventions to the Nuremberg Mint in 1694, but without success, similar appliances having already been in use at the private mints of F. Kleinert and the Lauffers. A Nuremberg Thaler of 1694 bears the inscription on the edge: nach dem alten schrot und korn, and Thalers and Half Thalers, struck there, in September and October of the same year, for Bishop Johann Eucharius Schenk von Castell, of Eichstädt, also bear an edge inscription. But, for some reason or another, the process was abandoned, and not revived until 1733, when an edge inscription was added to the " Kanonenthalers " of Nuremberg, issued in that year. Bibliography. C. F. Gebert, Geschichte der Münzstätte der Reichstadt Nürnberg, 1891.
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
NASSARO, MATTEO DAL
NASSARO, MATTEO DAL (Ital.). 1515- † 1547 or 1548. Painter, Goldsmith, Gem-, and Coin-engraver, and Medallist, son of a shoemaker of Verona, Jacopo dal Nassaro. In his youth, he learned drawing and music, and was taught engraving by the two Veronese artists, Galeazzo Mondella, who was a clever daughtsman, and Niccolo Avanzi, who distinguished himself at Rome. One of his first works of note was a Deposition from the Cross in bloodstone, so managed that the sanguine spots of the jasper represente...
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NASSARO, MATTEO DAL (Ital.). 1515- † 1547 or 1548. Painter, Goldsmith, Gem-, and Coin-engraver, and Medallist, son of a shoemaker of Verona, Jacopo dal Nassaro. In his youth, he learned drawing and music, and was taught engraving by the two Veronese artists, Galeazzo Mondella, who was a clever daughtsman, and Niccolo Avanzi, who distinguished himself at Rome. One of his first works of note was a Deposition from the Cross in bloodstone, so managed that the sanguine spots of the jasper represente...
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NATALIS, FLAMINIO
NATALIS, FLAMINIO (Belg.). Goldsmith, Seal-and Gem-engraver of Li?ge, during the second half of the sixteenth century; he is said to have engraved medals also. King mentions him as an admirable Engraver of coats-of-arms, and states that he died at Rome in 1596, at the age of 55. Nagler mentions that Flaminio Natalis was a relative of Michel Natalis, whose father was Mint-engraver to the Prince of Li?ge, Elector of Cologne. Bibliography. — Nagler, op. cit. — Mariette, op. cit. — Pinchart, op. ci...
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NATALIS, FLAMINIO (Belg.). Goldsmith, Seal-and Gem-engraver of Li?ge, during the second half of the sixteenth century; he is said to have engraved medals also. King mentions him as an admirable Engraver of coats-of-arms, and states that he died at Rome in 1596, at the age of 55. Nagler mentions that Flaminio Natalis was a relative of Michel Natalis, whose father was Mint-engraver to the Prince of Li?ge, Elector of Cologne. Bibliography. — Nagler, op. cit. — Mariette, op. cit. — Pinchart, op. ci...
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NATTER, JOHANN LORENZ
NATTER, JOHANN LORENZ (Germ.). A renowned Gem-engraver, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Biberach, in Swabia (Würtemberg) in 1705, died at St. Petersburg, 27. December 1763. He was first apprenticed to a goldsmith of his native town, with whom he remained for six years; he then went to Switzerland, learned die-sinking with the Seal-engraver, Bernard Ochs, at Berne, and worked there for several years, making also a prolonged stay at Neuchâtel, as a skilled workman in the employ of the jewell...
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NATTER, JOHANN LORENZ (Germ.). A renowned Gem-engraver, Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Biberach, in Swabia (Würtemberg) in 1705, died at St. Petersburg, 27. December 1763. He was first apprenticed to a goldsmith of his native town, with whom he remained for six years; he then went to Switzerland, learned die-sinking with the Seal-engraver, Bernard Ochs, at Berne, and worked there for several years, making also a prolonged stay at Neuchâtel, as a skilled workman in the employ of the jewell...
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NAUDIN
NAUDIN (French). Die-sinker of the middle years of the nineteenth century, who resided at Paris, and engraved various medals, amongst which I may mention : Republican Medal, struck in commemoration of the 24th February 1848 (2 var.); — Commemorative Medal of the Banquet de la Sarthe, 15. October 1848 (2 var.); — General Cavaignac subduing the Insurrection, June 1848 (these medals were struck in lead from bullets seized on the insurgents who were made prisoners) ; — Third centenary of the Reform...
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NAUDIN (French). Die-sinker of the middle years of the nineteenth century, who resided at Paris, and engraved various medals, amongst which I may mention : Republican Medal, struck in commemoration of the 24th February 1848 (2 var.); — Commemorative Medal of the Banquet de la Sarthe, 15. October 1848 (2 var.); — General Cavaignac subduing the Insurrection, June 1848 (these medals were struck in lead from bullets seized on the insurgents who were made prisoners) ; — Third centenary of the Reform...
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