OTTO (or OTHO), WILLIAM FITZ II. (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, in office from about the 6th year of King John, 1205, when he is recorded to have made the dies for the Mint at Chichester, until the 27th year of Heny III., 1243, when Richard Abel, goldsmith, succeeded him. It however appears that William Fitz Otho's death did not occur before about 1257, unless the Engraver designated by OTTO FITZ WILLIAM was not the same person, but his son. William Fitz Otho was Goldsmith to Henry III., " and made many rich ornaments for the use and adornment of the Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey. In the 28th year (1243), the King directed him to make " a dragon in manner of a standard or ensign, of red samit, to be embroidered with gold, and his tongue to appear as continually moving, his eyes of sapphires, to be placed in the church against the King's coming thither ". Two years later he ordered the Keeper of the Exchequer to " buy as precious a mitre as could be found in the city of London, for the Archbishop's use, and also one great coronal of silver to set wax candles upon in the said church " (Chaffers, op. cit., p. 24). Bibliography. — Ruding, op. cit. — Chaffers, op. cit. — Kenyon, op. cit. — Sir John Evans, The First Gold Coins of England, Numismatic Chronicle, 1900.
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
NOLTE, OTTO
NOLTE & C°, OTTO (Germ.). Die-sinking Establishment, founded at Berlin in 1875 by Otto Nolte, who is still chief partner in the firm. They have occasionally issued medals, one of which commemorates the New Century, struck in 1900. A correspondent writes : " Die Firma befasst sich speciell mit dem Vertriebe von Gelegenheitsmedaillen, fabrizirt auch selbstständig Miederbesätze für Bayerische Mädchen, und vertritt die Firma : Friedr. Pauli und Comp., Nürnberg(Gold und Silber Carton und Patent-Foli...
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NOLTE & C°, OTTO (Germ.). Die-sinking Establishment, founded at Berlin in 1875 by Otto Nolte, who is still chief partner in the firm. They have occasionally issued medals, one of which commemorates the New Century, struck in 1900. A correspondent writes : " Die Firma befasst sich speciell mit dem Vertriebe von Gelegenheitsmedaillen, fabrizirt auch selbstständig Miederbesätze für Bayerische Mädchen, und vertritt die Firma : Friedr. Pauli und Comp., Nürnberg(Gold und Silber Carton und Patent-Foli...
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NOOST
NOOST or NOST, JOHN VAN (Brit.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in Piccadilly, London, in the early part of the eighteenth century, settled about 1750 at Dublin, where he worked for many years, and executed several public statues. He was appointed Statuary in Ordinary to King George III. He died in Mecklenburgh St., Dublin, towards the end of September 1780. By this artist are several medals, amongst which I have noticed : Memorial Medal of George II., probably executed in 1763, and signed : I. V...
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NOOST or NOST, JOHN VAN (Brit.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in Piccadilly, London, in the early part of the eighteenth century, settled about 1750 at Dublin, where he worked for many years, and executed several public statues. He was appointed Statuary in Ordinary to King George III. He died in Mecklenburgh St., Dublin, towards the end of September 1780. By this artist are several medals, amongst which I have noticed : Memorial Medal of George II., probably executed in 1763, and signed : I. V...
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NORDHEIM, AUGUST FRIEDRICH VON
NORDHEIM, AUGUST FRIEDRICH VON (Germ.). Sculptor, and Medallist of Frankfort-on-Main, born 23. April 1813 at Heinrichs dorf in Thuringia; pupil of Döll of Suhl. He first devoted himself to Engraving, and was appointed Mint-engraver at Düsseldorf in 1836. Six years later, on the advice of Baron von Reuter, he was called to Frankfort-on-Main, where he made his name as a Sculptor. He executed there numerous busts and statuettes, and in 1862 a colossal statue of Victorious Germania. The Frankfort Mi...
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NORDHEIM, AUGUST FRIEDRICH VON (Germ.). Sculptor, and Medallist of Frankfort-on-Main, born 23. April 1813 at Heinrichs dorf in Thuringia; pupil of Döll of Suhl. He first devoted himself to Engraving, and was appointed Mint-engraver at Düsseldorf in 1836. Six years later, on the advice of Baron von Reuter, he was called to Frankfort-on-Main, where he made his name as a Sculptor. He executed there numerous busts and statuettes, and in 1862 a colossal statue of Victorious Germania. The Frankfort Mi...
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NORTHALL, ONUPHRIUS
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 ...
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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 ...
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