PALHES, LOUIS (French). Mint-engraver at Romans, 1503-1507. His name occurs also as PALLIES.
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
ODELLI
ODELLI (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth, who flourished at Rome, and is best known for his copies of antique intaglios and cameos; amongst others a cameo of Vespasian in blue quartz, of very fine work. He, in partnership with Cades, Ginganelli, and Dies, produced, in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, at the commission of Prince Poniatowsky, of Florence, the enormous series of gems that have made the latter's name notorious (K...
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ODELLI (Ital.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth, who flourished at Rome, and is best known for his copies of antique intaglios and cameos; amongst others a cameo of Vespasian in blue quartz, of very fine work. He, in partnership with Cades, Ginganelli, and Dies, produced, in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, at the commission of Prince Poniatowsky, of Florence, the enormous series of gems that have made the latter's name notorious (K...
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ODESCALCHI, DON LIVIO
ODESCALCHI, DON LIVIO, Duke of Syrmia (Austr.). An indenture of 5. August 1702 of the Court Chamber, Vienna, authorised the prince to strike coins at Gratz; another, of 27. December 1710, to issue Ducats and Thalers at the Mint of Hall " nach dem Reichschrott und Korn an Half 14 Loth 4 Gren, somit aus der Wr. Mark 10 4/5 Stücke auszumünzen. '' Bibliography. — C. Oesterreicher, Regesten zu J. Newald's Publicationen über österreichische Münzprägungen im ersten Viertel des XVII. Jahrhunderts, ...
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ODESCALCHI, DON LIVIO, Duke of Syrmia (Austr.). An indenture of 5. August 1702 of the Court Chamber, Vienna, authorised the prince to strike coins at Gratz; another, of 27. December 1710, to issue Ducats and Thalers at the Mint of Hall " nach dem Reichschrott und Korn an Half 14 Loth 4 Gren, somit aus der Wr. Mark 10 4/5 Stücke auszumünzen. '' Bibliography. — C. Oesterreicher, Regesten zu J. Newald's Publicationen über österreichische Münzprägungen im ersten Viertel des XVII. Jahrhunderts, ...
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OEFENER, FRANZ
OEFENER, FRANZ (Germ.). Mint-master at Heidelberg and Mannheim, circ. 1737-1749. He was first in the service of Prince Elector Karl Philipp of the Palatinate, and later, from about 1743, in that of Prince Elector Karl Theodor. His issues are usually signed O. F. Schlickeysen spells his name OFFNER and places the date of his activity between 1732 and 1750. At Mannheim, Wigand Schäffer was Mint-warden in conjunction with him as Mintmaster. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — J. V. Kull, Aus bayerisc...
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OEFENER, FRANZ (Germ.). Mint-master at Heidelberg and Mannheim, circ. 1737-1749. He was first in the service of Prince Elector Karl Philipp of the Palatinate, and later, from about 1743, in that of Prince Elector Karl Theodor. His issues are usually signed O. F. Schlickeysen spells his name OFFNER and places the date of his activity between 1732 and 1750. At Mannheim, Wigand Schäffer was Mint-warden in conjunction with him as Mintmaster. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — J. V. Kull, Aus bayerisc...
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OERTEL, OTTO
OERTEL, OTTO (Germ.). Founder († 1892) of a Die-sinking Establishment at Berlin, now carried on under the style of BERLINER MEDAILLEN-MÜNZE OTTO OERTEL. This firm has a good reputation for the production of medals, and their works are organised with the most up-to-date machinery. Amongst the best productions of the Berlin Medallic Mint are : The Kaiser Wilhelm's Errinerungs Medaille (granted by the Emperor William II. for the Army and Navy); — Prize Medals and Plaquettes of the Düsseldorf Exhi...
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OERTEL, OTTO (Germ.). Founder († 1892) of a Die-sinking Establishment at Berlin, now carried on under the style of BERLINER MEDAILLEN-MÜNZE OTTO OERTEL. This firm has a good reputation for the production of medals, and their works are organised with the most up-to-date machinery. Amongst the best productions of the Berlin Medallic Mint are : The Kaiser Wilhelm's Errinerungs Medaille (granted by the Emperor William II. for the Army and Navy); — Prize Medals and Plaquettes of the Düsseldorf Exhi...
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