PALLOY, PIERRE FRANCOIS (French), surnamed LE PATRIOTE PALLOY. Master-builder, born at Paris, 23. January 1755, died 19 January 1835 at Sceaux, was entrusted with the demolition of the Bastille in 1789, and issued a series of medals in lead, iron, and copper obtained from the celebrated State prisons. Among these are : 1789. Siege of the Bastille; dedicated to the Electors of 1789, by Palloy ; with obv. legend : ce plomb scellait les anneaux qui ENCHAINOIENT LES VICTIMES DU DESPOTISME. RETRACE L'EPOQUE DE LA liberte conquise l'an premier ; — To the Glory of the French Nation, LEGISLATEURS CE METAL PROVIENT DES CHAINES DE NOTRE SERVITUDE, &c. ; medal in iron, struck in 1792; — Liberty has destroyed Despotism, ce metal provient des verroux de la bastille (2 var.; the R. occurs sometimes attached to a lead bullet flattened) ; — Huissier d'honneur of the Assemblée nationale (engraved by Malgrin) ; — Octagonal Jetons, or Tickets, intended for the workmen employed in the demolition of the Bastille : 1. ex UNITATE LIBERTAS; 2. DESTRUCTION DU DESPOTISME ; 3. VIVRE OU mourir; — 1790. Medal on the Discovery of human bones in the vaults of the Bastille and their burial in the Church cemetery of St. Paul; — 1791. Louis XVI., Election of six ministers (2 var.); — 1792. The Rise of Liberty from the ashes of Despotism. R. legislateurs n'oubliez jamais, &c. ; — Liberty or Death, Motto of the apostles of the patriot Palloy. R. ce fer vient des chaines du pont levi de la bastille, &c. ; — Liberty has broken my fetters; medal distributed to the soldiers of Chateauvieux (3 var.) ; — Monument dedicated to the Nation ; — Medal offered to the municipality of Paris by Palloy for the ushers ; — The Convention Nationale ; — 1793 . Death of Louis XVI. ; louis XVI., dernr roi d'un peuple libre, &c. ; — No Liberty without respect for the Laws; — 1795. Homage to the Representatives of the people by P. F. Palloy (this medal relates to the fall of Robespierre and the events of April and May 1795 ; 2 var.) ; — A. C. Letellier; il se donna la mort pour épargner un crime (2 var.); — 1797. The 4. September 1797 (18 Fructidor an 5); — and others, not mentioned by Hennin : Louis XVI. relinquishes all his privileges, 1789 ; — Liberty conquered (3 var., two with the King's bust); — Louis XVI.; R. je veille pour la patrie. Cock; — Louis XVI. ; R. p. f. palloy, &c; his bust facing; — Louis XVI; R. La Commune de Paris aux braves du XIV. juillt 1789 ; — Louis XVI; R. Le Patriotisme affermit la liberté sur l'airain ; — Louis XVI, Constitutional King; — Monument de Vanité; R. Métal de la cloche Georges d'Amboise faite en 1501 détruite en 1793 ? Rouen (2 var. ?. 46 mill.); — Charlotte Corday, 1793 (?. 43 mill.). Most of these medals are rough and of poor work ; some are very rare. Palloy had an eventful life, and after having been a leader of the Revolution in its early phase, was himself imprisoned in 1794, liberated again, and after some years he retired into private life at Sceaux. Bibliography. — Hennin, Histoire numismatique de la Révolution francaise, Paris, 1826. — Blanchet, Nouveau Manuel de Numismatique, II, 371. — Singer, Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon.
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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